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Queensland is expected to be scorched by temperatures of up to 14C above average this week, while Brisbane is expected to see temperatures hit 35F on the last day of winter next Saturday.
Record temperatures have been broken across inland Australia in recent days and those abnormally hot conditions are set to move into northern New South Wales and Queensland this week.
Brisbane is forecast to experience temperatures above 30°C on Monday, with a high of 31°C, and remain warm throughout the week.
Temperatures are forecast to peak at 34C in the Queensland capital on Saturday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is well above the city’s average high temperature in August of 21.8°C.
Of particular importance to many in south-east Queensland, it means conditions could still be hot for the kick-off of the big NRL derby between the Brisbane Broncos and Dolphins at Suncorp Stadium at 5.30pm.
“We’re looking at well above average temperatures across much of Queensland throughout next week and into the weekend,” Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said on Sunday.
Generally speaking, those temperatures will be four to 14 degrees above average for August across much of western, southern and central Queensland, as well as the southeast.
Queenslanders are expected to sweat through a scorching end to winter this week after temperature records were broken in the country’s outback (file image)
The weather system is forecast to send temperatures in Brisbane above 30C on Monday before moving into northern New South Wales later in the week.
The unseasonably warm conditions are being driven by record-breaking temperatures in the interior of the country.
Oodnadatta hit 39.4°C on Saturday – the highest August temperature ever recorded in South Australia.
“We saw those really warm conditions intensify over inland Western Australia last week and move into central parts of Australia this weekend,” Bradbury said.
‘It affects parts of South Australia, the Northern Territory and western Queensland.
“But as we move into the early part of next week, that’s when we’ll start to see the heat pick up across Queensland, the north and New South Wales in particular.”
And according to the bureau, spring and summer are expected to be warmer than normal.
“Our long-range forecasts tell the same story; they’ve been telling it for quite some time: there’s a very high probability of exceeding the maximum temperature,” Bradbury said.
‘Which means that spring and early summer will likely remain above average for the most part.
The Bureau of Meteorology expects the weather system to precede a warmer than normal spring and summer (pictured: Bondi Beach)
“That’s not to say we won’t have colder breaks during that three- to six-month period. We’ll have our usual weather features moving through our cold fronts, our onshore wind.
“But the general trend for that longer period is for conditions to be warmer than average.”
Meanwhile, parts of southeastern Australia are expected to experience severe thunderstorms and wild weather on Sunday.
It is expected to affect Victoria, southern New South Wales and South Australia.
Sydney
Monday: Sunny. Northwest winds at 15 to 25 km/h, turning west to southwest at 20 to 30 km/h during the morning and then west at 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Min. 17 °C Max. 24 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds from the north to northwest at 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon. Min. 11 °C Max. 24 °C
Wednesday: Sunny. Northwest winds at 30 to 45 km/h turning to the west at 35 to 55 km/h during the day and then decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h at night. Min. 17 °C Max. 27 °C
Melbourne
Monday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the Dandenongs, medium chance across the rest of the country. Westerly winds at 20 to 30 km/h becoming northwesterly at 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. Min. 12 °C Max. 18 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of light showers at night. Winds from the north at 35 to 55 km/h. Min. 11 °C Max. 20 °C
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Northwest winds at 30 to 45 km/h tending to the west at 35 to 55 km/h during the morning then decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h overnight. Min. 12 °C Max. 17 °C
Brisbane
Monday: Partly cloudy. Chance of light rain in the west late morning and afternoon. Almost zero chance of rain elsewhere. Chance of a thunderstorm late morning and afternoon. North to northwest winds at 15 to 20 km/h becoming north to northeast in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Min. 16 °C Max. 31 °C
Tuesday: Mostly sunny tomorrow. Chance of thunderstorms in the west in the afternoon and evening. Light winds. Min. 16 °C Max. 28 °C
Wednesday: Sunny. Light winds blowing from the north to northwest at 15 to 25 km/h during the day and then becoming light at night. Min. 16 °C Max. 32 °C
Perth
Monday: Cloudy. Medium chance of rain, more likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds from the north to the northwest at 25 to 35 km/h with a tendency to the west to the northwest at 25 to 40 km/h during the afternoon and evening. Min. 11 °C Max. 22 °C
Tuesday: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds from the west at 20 to 30 km/h, tending to the southwest at 25 to 35 km/h during the day and then light at night. Min. 15 °C Max. 20 °C
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of light rain. Light northwest winds at 15 to 20 km/h overnight. Min. 10 °C Max. 21 °C
Adelaide
Monday:Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. West winds at 20 to 30 km/h, becoming light in the late afternoon. Min. 12 °C Max. 18 °C
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers at night. North winds at 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h during the morning and then turning west to northwest at 30 to 45 km/h during the day. Min. 11 °C Max. 23 °C
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. West winds at 35 to 50 km/h. Min. 12 °C Max. 17 °C
Hobart
Monday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, more likely in the morning. Winds from the west to northwest at 25 to 35 km/h. Min. 10 °C Max. 16 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, more likely at night. Northwest winds at 35 to 50 km/h. Min. 11 °C Max. 19 °C
Wednesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Northwest winds at 20 to 30 km/h turning to the west at 30 to 45 km/h during the day. : Min. 8 °C Max. 13 °C
Canberra
Monday: Medium chance of rain, more likely in the early morning. Mostly sunny day. West winds at 20 to 30 km/h turning northwest at 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. Min. 6 °C Max. 17 °C
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Light northwest winds at 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Min. 3 °C Max. 17 °C
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of light showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Northwest winds at 25 to 40 km/h, turning to the west at 35 to 50 km/h during the afternoon. Min. 9 °C Max. 17 °C
Darwin
Monday: Sunny. Light winds blowing from the northeast to the southeast at 15 to 25 km/h at noon and then from the north to the northeast in the late afternoon. Min. 24 °C Max. 34 °C
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds becoming easterly at 20 to 30 km/h during the day and then northerly to northeasterly at 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Min. 23 °C Max. 35 °C
Wednesday: Sunny. Light winds blowing from the northeast to the southeast at 15 to 25 km/h during the day and then from the north to the northeast at 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon. Min. 23 °C Max. 34 °C