Howling winds, plunging temperatures, downed power lines, property damage and blustery showers have Perth residents shivering through the year’s first major cold spell.

And that’s not all of the weather weirdness walloping the West.

With Antarctic winds scouring the state’s southwest corner, the Bureau of Mereorology is warning that snow may on the Stirling Range.

A severe weather warning, initially issued for Perth and Western Australia’s Goldfields-Midlands region, has been cancelled but remains in place for the state’s south.

Strong winds in the early hours of Friday ripped the roof off a house on Shorehaven Boulevard in Alkimos on the capital’s northern fringe.
The owners were not home.

Less serious damage was reported across the metropolitan area, where debris including tree branches was blown into power lines, knocking out supply to thousands of properties.

Cold Easter: The Stirling Ranges could get a dusty of snow overnight.

On Friday afternoon, about 330 properties were still without power while the State Emergency Service had received more than 40 requests for help.

The most powerful gusts of 91km/h were recorded on Rottnest Island and Garden Island off the Perth coast at 1am and 4am, respectively. Wave heights of up to five metres were recorded at Albany and Cape Naturaliste at 10am.

A severe weather alert remains in place for parts of the South West, Lower South West and Great Southern.

“It’s certainly cold enough – it’s more likely to happen tonight,” a BOM spokesman said the potential for snow at higher elevations, adding that “anything would be very short-lived.”

-with AAP