Brace yourself for more extreme weather
Parts of Australia are facing a grim weather forecast this week, with extreme heat expected to send more temperature records tumbling across the country.
Less than a week after NSW sweltered through record September temperatures of 40.5°C, Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) duty forecaster Rob Taggart has predicted more pain, with the record likely to be broken again in the coming days.
“It's only a few days old, tomorrow it's likely to break that record,” Mr Taggart told Daily Mail on Tuesday.
The Bureau has forecast sweltering temperatures peaking at 41°C in the coming days for the northern NSW towns of Tibooburra, Bourke and Brewarrina.
It's no cooler north of the border, with forecasts predicting an eye-watering maximum of 43°C in the western Queensland town of Birdsville, which would be our hottest September day ever.
The temperatures have been driven by a trough approaching from the southwest that is pushing strong and hot winds ahead of it to the eastern seaboard.
BoM senior forecaster Scott Williams told ABC News this represented an, “unusual, intense, early-season event.”
“Some (of the predicted temperatures) would break records by as much as two to three degrees, so it's very significant.”
Temperatures across the rest of the country are a bit of a mixed bag with Brisbane hitting a top of 37°C on Thursday with Adelaide and Darwin hitting maximums of 28°C and 34°C.
It will be a little bit cooler in Melbourne with a maximum of 23°C on Wednesday and Canberra hitting 24°C on the same day. Perth is expected to top at 20°C on Friday while Hobart will stay relatively cool at 15°C over the next few days.
What is your take on the September weather?
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