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Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave on Monday with meteorologists saying soaring temperatures will last for days in some parts. | Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave on Monday with meteorologists saying soaring temperatures will last for days in some parts. |
The Bureau of Meteorology said hot days were expected in January but multiple days in a row of temperatures above 40C were unusual. | The Bureau of Meteorology said hot days were expected in January but multiple days in a row of temperatures above 40C were unusual. |
“Particularly northern South Australia, they’re looking at maybe five days in a row above 45 and normally they might only get five or 10 a year,” meteorologist Dean Narramore said on Sunday. | “Particularly northern South Australia, they’re looking at maybe five days in a row above 45 and normally they might only get five or 10 a year,” meteorologist Dean Narramore said on Sunday. |
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Low-intensity heatwave conditions have been forecast across parts of central Western Australia to southern parts of the Northern Territory, southwestern Queensland and across New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia on Monday. | Low-intensity heatwave conditions have been forecast across parts of central Western Australia to southern parts of the Northern Territory, southwestern Queensland and across New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia on Monday. |
Some regions will not be affected at all while more severe and extreme heat conditions are expected across each state, moving into east and north-eastern NSW and southern Queensland by mid to late week. | Some regions will not be affected at all while more severe and extreme heat conditions are expected across each state, moving into east and north-eastern NSW and southern Queensland by mid to late week. |
Warning for extreme heatwave for southern Australia after new year reprieve | Warning for extreme heatwave for southern Australia after new year reprieve |
It comes off the back of heatwave conditions over the Christmas and New Year period, with inland areas being hit hardest. | It comes off the back of heatwave conditions over the Christmas and New Year period, with inland areas being hit hardest. |
Holidaymakers and those getting back to work in Melbourne can expect to see a few days in the mid to high 30s, while a sea breeze will shield Sydney city. | Holidaymakers and those getting back to work in Melbourne can expect to see a few days in the mid to high 30s, while a sea breeze will shield Sydney city. |
But that relief will not stretch to the city’s western suburbs, where Narramore said residents in Penrith and Richmond would swelter through four or five days above 40C. | But that relief will not stretch to the city’s western suburbs, where Narramore said residents in Penrith and Richmond would swelter through four or five days above 40C. |
A tropical low may lurk off the Western Australian coast, creating stormy weather on Sunday and into Monday, but will then move further off the coast, he added. “That could become a cyclone but it’s not going to come anywhere near the coast.” | A tropical low may lurk off the Western Australian coast, creating stormy weather on Sunday and into Monday, but will then move further off the coast, he added. “That could become a cyclone but it’s not going to come anywhere near the coast.” |
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