Temperatures for parts of the southeast and east of the country have surged past 40C again today for the final days of the month, which is shaping up to be Australia’s hottest November on record.
Following a night of stifling temperatures, a trough will maintain intense heat over NSW, ahead of a gusty southerly change running up the coast during the afternoon.
A shift in weather conditions is on the way with temperatures forecast to plunge in across NSW in the later afternoon.
The cooler weather won’t last long, with another spike forecast on Tuesday.
“Beyond today, as that cool change moves through things will cool off tomorrow for most of the state,” Agata Imielska from the Bureau of Meteorology said.
“We will see cooler conditions, particularly for the east, inland will still have some fairly warm conditions and Tuesday we will see a return of the warm conditions across the much of the state.”
A second cool change is expected to move through on Tuesday afternoon, with temperatures returning to normal for the remainder of the week.
Elsewhere, troughs over Western Australia, the Northern Territory and north Queensland will generate showers and storms.
Meanwhile, a cold front clipping Tasmania will bring gusty rain.
Here’s your state-by-state forecast for Sunday, November 29, 2020:
Queensland
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the west, increasing to a medium to high chance in the far north and a high to very high chance about the North Tropical Coast. Mostly sunny elsewhere.
Hot to very hot conditions in southwest and southern districts. A top of 37C in Warwick and 32C in Brisbane.
Mostly moderate north to northeasterly winds, tending fresh to strong and gusty northeast to northwesterly in the southwest.
Fire Danger – Very High in the Southeast Coast, Wide Bay and Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Maranoa and Warrego, Channel Country, and Central Highlands and Coalfields districts.
New South Wales and the ACT
Hot to very hot. The chance of a gusty shower or thunderstorm in the east, though mostly dry.
Generally sunny, apart from some areas of high cloud. Possible raised dust in the west.
Temperatures well above average, most notably in the north and central east. Highs of 43C in Newcastle, 40C in Sydney and 29C in Canberra.
Northwest to northeasterly winds, becoming fresh to strong in most areas. A milder, gusty southerly change spreading across the south and west.
Fire danger remains severe across the state today with a warning in place for gale-force winds Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast.
Showers about southern and mountain areas, contracting east early then clearing during the morning. Isolated thunderstorms possible in the early morning, contracting to the east before dawn and then easing.
Mild and cloudy in the south, warm and mostly sunny in the north. Top temperatures 30C in Merimbula and 19C in Melbourne.
Moderate south to southwesterly winds, strong about the coast though moderating in western and central parts during the day.
Fire Danger is high in the north.
Showers, easing and contracting to the west and northeast by late morning, then to the west by the afternoon.
West to southwesterly winds, becoming locally fresh about the south during the afternoon.
Top temperatures of 24C in Launceston and 20C in Hobart.
South Australia
A slight chance of early morning showers over the southern agricultural area, more likely over the South East districts.
A possible early morning thunderstorm over the Riverland and Murraylands districts, and Pastoral and Flinders districts south of about Coober Pedy to Broken Hill. Possible thunderstorms also in the far northeast of the State late afternoon.
Cool in the south grading to warm in the north with moderate to fresh southwest to southeasterly winds, and hot to very hot in the far northeast where winds will be northeast to northwesterly during the day.
Highs of 43C in Moomba, 36C in Maree and a cooler 24C in Adelaide.
Western Australia
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern Pilbara, far northeast Gascoyne, Interior, and the northern Goldfields.
Showers developing about the southwest Capes during the afternoon and extending to southwest of Perth to Hyden to Hopetoun by midnight.
Top temperatures of 29C in Perth and 37C in Port Hedland.
Northern Territory
Mostly sunny in the southern Lasseter, southern Simpson, eastern Carpentaria and eastern Arnhem Districts. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, increasing to a medium to high chance over the western Top End, northern Gregory, and central district.
Very hot south of the Top End with a high of 43C forecast for Alice Springs and 45C in Curtain Springs.
Thunderstorms in the Daly and northern Gregory Districts may be gusty. Light to moderate northwest to northeast winds, tending moderate to fresh south to southeast in the Lasseter and southwest Simpson Districts.
Fire Danger is high in the Carpentaria, Gregory and Lasseter Districts.
– Reported with Weatherzone and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Source: 9News
