The extreme heat seen across South Australia and Victoria and also western parts of New South Wales yesterday, has now moved into eastern New South Wales, so we are expecting quite a hot day today.
Early this morning, Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Jonathan Ho, said that the highest temperatures yesterday were observed across eastern parts of South Australia and into the far south west corner of Queensland.
47.2 degrees in Birdsville
‘The highest temperature in the country yesterday was 47.2 degrees in Birdsville in south west Queensland. Other high temperatures included 45.5 at Mumba in South Australia, and 41.5 degrees at Mildura in Victoria and 41 degrees at Broken Hill in New South Wales.
‘Temperatures got up to 37 degrees around the Melbourne area and there were some high temperatures in parts of Tasmania reaching the high 20s for southern and eastern parts of the state. It was also quite windy as well before and after that cool change, where we did see wind gusts up to 144 kilometres an hour.
NSW maximum temperatures high 30s
‘In New South Wales we can expect quite a hot day today, anywhere north of Wollongong, with maximum temperatures reaching the low 30s to high 30s.
Mr How said we will see severe heat wave conditions from South East Queensland up the east coast of the state. ‘Today, we are expecting quite a warm day across the south east of the state, Brisbane reaching a top of 33 degrees, but the temperatures will peak across South East Queensland on Saturday, that’s when we see temperatures climb up into 37 degrees for Brisbane.
‘We’ll see that heat gradually easing from the south later in the weekend across southeast Queensland and then easing across central parts of the state into early next week, but still remaining quite hot across far northern parts of Queensland, with heat wave conditions continuing through there, and then we will see some thunderstorm activity picking up into early next week.’
Mr How said it is important to keep an eye on latest updates from the RFS. ‘We do remind people through the community stay up to date with the latest advice from local fire authorities and emergency services and for the latest forecasted warnings, to visit the website: www.BOM.gov.au, or check the BOMweather app.’
For the latest forecasts and warnings go to our website www.bom.gov.au or the BOM Weather app.
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