Frosty mornings to finish July across east of the country

Damaging winds and heavy rainfall are expected across parts of the west while dangerous surf conditions batter the east of the country.

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00:00Welcome to your midweek weather update. We're going to take a look at the strong cold front

00:03to reach the southwest coast later today, but we'll also have a look at the cold and frosty

00:09mornings that will continue in the east. So starting off with our weather map for the

00:13rest of tonight, we can see that cold front approaching southwestern Western Australia.

00:18It's likely to reach Perth at around 8pm local time, bringing showers,

00:23thunderstorms and the potential for damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Now we have a dedicated

00:28severe weather video current for this frontal system which will give you all the details of

00:33the warnings and hazards associated with this front. It is a different story in the east though

00:38with much more settled conditions through eastern and central Australia under the influence of the

00:44high pressure system that's sitting over Tasmania. We do have hazardous surf warnings in place though

00:50extending from the Victorian border all the way up to Garry in Queensland associated with this

00:55deep low pressure system sitting well offshore. Now the hazardous surf warnings are flagging the

01:00risk of dangerous marine conditions and large waves and are likely to continue through the

01:05rest of the week. Going through the rest of Thursday now we can see the cold front sweeping

01:11across the southern districts of Western Australia. Cold air, showers and hail following in its front.

01:17We also do have patchy rain a little further north though across parts of the Pilbara and

01:21Gascoyne pushing towards the interior. Now that's associated with a cloud band coming down from the

01:26Indian Ocean. We're not likely to see high rainfall totals in these parts but the rainfall is a little

01:32unseasonal for this time of year. Meanwhile the cold front is pushing into South Australia and it

01:37will continue on its way into Friday brushing the South Australian coast with a few showers and

01:43thunderstorms mostly about that coastal fringe. Now this system will actually push across the

01:48southeast states this weekend but its impacts aren't going to be as strong as previous cold

01:53fronts and won't push too far inland. Meanwhile mostly settled conditions through the southwest

01:58and northeast through Queensland but we'll see that patchy rain continuing through Western Australia.

02:04Taking a look at our temperatures now we can see sub-zero conditions tomorrow morning

02:09through much of central Australia, southeast Queensland and inland New South Wales, Victoria

02:14and Tasmania. Frosts are once again possible in these areas. While the temperatures won't be quite

02:20as low as today or yesterday morning we still might see some very very cool conditions extending

02:26across those southeastern parts. Cool elsewhere tomorrow morning as well slightly milder through

02:32inland Western Australia ahead of that cold front. Daytime conditions will feel the brunt of that

02:38cold front though we can see how the temperatures are dropping across the southwest land division

02:42behind that system. Still fairly cool elsewhere across the country as well with temperatures in

02:47general below average. Friday morning we'll see some slightly frosty conditions starting to push

02:53across southwest Western Australia as well as the cold air behind the front settles in. It will still

02:59be cold in the east as well but the temperatures aren't quite as low on Friday as they will be

03:04tomorrow and you can see that those sub-zero areas are contracting towards the east coast.

03:09Friday's daytime temperatures will stay cool particularly across southwestern parts of the

03:14country starting to push into those central parts of Western Australia as well under the

03:19cloud band that's bringing that patchy rain. For all the details for your area check out

03:26the Bureau's website or the BOM social media. We'll catch you next time.