Perth hits 39C as heatwave intensifies

COOL DOWN: With temps set to continue around 40C, Perth beaches will be busy. Source: PerthNow

PERTH'S maximum passed 39C on Friday - continuing the state's week-long heatwave which has seen temperatures close to 40C for days on end.

Even Mandurah, normally a few degrees cooler than Perth, hit 38.4C.

And further north temperatures were even higher with Geraldton recording 40.C; Marble Bar 40.7C at 11.26am and Telfer, the state's hotspot, reaching 42.3C just after 1pm.

Cunderdin, in the central Wheatbelt hit 40.8C and Bridgetown, 270km south of Perth, also hit 38C.

The forecast for Perth for today was a stormy 38C, with a 30 per cent chance of some thunderstorms by the late afternoon.

Today's searing 39.3C maximum came at 12.28pm under a blanket of thundery cloud.

It follows Thursday's high of 38.3C and the Boxing Day scorcher where temps hit 40.5C at Perth Airport and 37.5C in the city at the Mt Lawley Bureau of Meteorology headquarters.

Christmas Day was 39.6C, the fifth hottest Perth Christmas on record.

Friday has been yet another scorcher, with at least three more days predicted to get to 40C of beyond.

The forecast for Saturday and Sunday is an ugly 41C, and Monday -- New Year's Eve -- is expected to be 39C. 

There is little relief in sight, with Tuesday also tipped to be 39C. By Wednesday next week the temperatures may drop to 33C.

Perth - The Week Ahead

   Saturday
    Min 23C
    Max 41C
    Chance of an early storm.
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms early in the morning. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h early in the morning then tending east to southeasterly in the late afternoon..

Sunday
    Min 25C
    Max 41C
    Partly cloudy. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting west to northwesterly in the late morning then becoming light in the late afternoon..

Monday

   Min 23C
    Max 39C
    Partly cloudy. Winds east to southeasterly and light tending east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening.

Tuesday

    Min 24C
    Max 39C
    Mostly sunny. Winds east to southeasterly and light tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening..

Wednesday
    Min 23C
    Max 33C
    Partly cloudy.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms later in the day. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.

Thursday
    Min 20C
    Max 27C
    Isolated showers and thunderstorms during the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning southerly 20 to 30 km/h during the day.
 

Friday
    Min 17C
    Max 34C
    Mostly sunny. Winds southeasterly 20 to 25 km/h turning easterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

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