Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: Millions of Aussies to swelter through abnormally hot heatwave as east coast is battered by thunderstorms
Millions of Aussies are bracing for unrelenting heatwave conditions over the coming week as the east coast is battered by storms of up to 30mm over the weekend.
Millions of Aussies are bracing for unrelenting heatwave conditions over the coming week as the east coast is battered by storms of up to 30mm over the weekend.
A hot air mass over the countrys north caused temperatures to exceed 45C at six separate locations in Western Australia, Queensland and NSW - getting as high as 45.9C at Roebourne in WAs Pilbara region.
The abnormally hot temperatures are set to remain elevated amid a three-day heatwave warning for parts of Queensland.
The severe heatwave warning covers the Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast forecast districts.
Maximum temperatures are forecast to hit the high 30s to low 40s, the BOMs warning states.
Overnight, the mercury will only dip to the mid-to-high 20s, tending mid-teens to low 20s in the southeast districts.
Brisbane is forecast to hit maximum temperatures of 30C over Saturday and Sunday.
The heatwave gripping the three states is abnormally hot for the month of November, according to forecasters at Weatherzone.
Millions of Aussies are bracing for unrelenting heatwave conditions over the coming week (pictured, bathers at Bondi Beach)
The abnormally hot temperatures are set to remain elevated amid a three-day heatwave warning for parts of Queensland (pictured)
In the Pilbara, Onslow Airports running average maximum temperature for the first week of November was 39.4C, which is 5C above the long-term average, a spokesman said.
The soaring heat in the eastern states could be tempered by a trough and low pressure system developing over the weekend, which is forecast to dump falls between 10-30mm over northeast NSW and southeast Queensland.
The cloud cover will develop over late Saturday morning and spread in the afternoon.
Thunderstorms are forecast to bring damaging winds, lightning strikes, and hail, which may also cause flash flooding over the Wide Bay and Burnett, southern Central Highlands and Coalfields and eastern Maranoa and Warrego districts.
In NSW, the warning has been extended to the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands regions.
On Friday, a combination of gusty winds and 30C temperatures resulted in a total fire ban for the greater Sydney region.
A grassfire which broke out at Sydney Airport as a result of an engine failure was exacerbated by the unfavourable conditions.
Melbourne is tipped to reach just 21C over the weekend while Adelaide is expected to remain cloudy with temperatures as high as 26C
Pictured is the GFS Thunderstorm Risk and ECMWF Accumulating Precipitation on Sunday
Sky News meteorologist Rob Sharpe predicts November and December could experience extra rain and warmer-than-usual weather.
There were few significant climate influences for the seven-month stretch, with El Nino officially ending as the season began, he said.
Australia is seeing less rainfall than it is used to in the cool season - with this reduction most pronounced in the southern half of the country.
Northern Australias dry season rainfall has remained quite steady with a marginal rise in this statistic, Mr Sharpe said.
Therefore, when looking at the map from the most recent seven months it shouldnt come as a surprise to see the red shading mainly in the south and the blues in the north.
Sydney
Saturday: Max23C. Possible Showers
Sunday: Min18C Max25C. Cloudy
Monday: Min17C Max23C. Showers
Tuesday: Min18C Max24C. Showers
Wednesday: Min17C Max26C. Showers
Brisbane
Saturday: Max30C. Partly Cloudy
Sunday: Min23C Max30C. Possible Showers
Monday: Min22C Max29C. Showers
Tuesday: Min22C Max30C. Showers
Wednesday: Min21 Max32C. Showers
Australia is seeing less rainfall than it is used to in the cool season - with this reduction most pronounced in the southern half of the country (pictured, rain in Sydneys CBD)
Perth
Saturday: Max24C. Partly Cloudy
Sunday: Min13C Max25C. Sunny
Monday: Min13C Max25C. Sunny
Tuesday: Min13C Max26C. Sunny
Wednesday: Min14C Max29C. Sunny
Hobart
Saturday: Max18C. Cloudy
Sunday: Min11C Max18C Partly Cloudy
Monday: Min7C Max21C. Sunny
Tuesday: Min9C Max21C. Partly Cloudy
Wednesday: Min10C Max19C. Possible Shower
Brisbane
Saturday: Max21C. Partly Cloudy
Sunday: Min11C Max21C. Partly Cloudy
Monday: Min10C Max23C. Partly Cloudy
Tuesday: Min15C Max23C. Showers
Wednesday: Min14C Max20C. Showers
Sky News meteorologist Rob Sharpe predicts November and December could experience extra rain and warmer-than-usual weather (pictured, sun-seekers in Sydney)
Adelaide
Saturday: Max22C. Cloudy.
Sunday: Min12C Max27C. Partly Cloudy
Monday: Min15C Max27C. Showers
Tuesday: Min15C Max24C. Partly Cloudy
Wednesday: Min11C Max24C. Partly Cloudy
Darwin
Saturday: Max35C. Sunny
Sunday: Min26C Max35C. Sunny
Monday: Min26C Max35C. Sunny
Tuesday: Min27C Max36C. Partly Cloudy
Wednesday: Min27C Max36C. Possible Shower
Canberra
Saturday: Max25C. Partly Cloudy
Sunday: Min9C Max27C. Sunny
Monday: Min8C Max27C. Partly Cloudy
Tuesday: Min11C Max24C. Showers
Wednesday: Min10C Max25C. Showers
