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Today, 10:29PM UTC
From sweltering to soggy for southeast Australia
The pre-summer heatwave will come to an end across South Australia and most of Victoria this weekend, as the trough responsible for bringing in the heat is set to move across the region, bringing cooling showers and a southwesterly wind change. The relief from this early season heat will certainly be a welcome change for SA on Saturday, with most of the state recording maximum temperatures more than 10 degrees above average on Friday. The biggest departure from average came from Mt Gambier, soaring to 37.7°C, more than 17°C above the November average. Meanwhile Adelaide sweltered at 37.5°C, more than 13°C above average. For both these locations, as well as many more across SA, it was the hottest day since March. Gif: Infrared satellite image overnight for SA. The trough has already increased cloud cover across the state overnight ahead of impending showers and the odd storm, however this cloud subjected the state to an uncomfortable night. The minimum temperatures to 7am CDT hovered in the low to mid 20s across central and southern SA, with Adelaide’s overnight minimum staying at 24.6°C. That’s not to say it won’t cool down further during the day, with showers and isolated storms, accompanied by a southwesterly wind change and a much cooler airmass, set to sweep across southern and central parts of the state on Saturday. Rainfall totals are only expected to reach 15-30mm but will be widespread, allowing daytime relief while putting a slight dampener on weekend plans. Once the southwesterly winds pick up, temperatures will drop back towards the high teens to low twenties, still a warm night, but much easier to sleep through. Image: Forecast maximum temperatures across Vic on Saturday. Victorians will need to wait one more day for this relief, as Melbourne is expected to reach 37°C today. Meanwhile most of the remaining parts of Vic will also warm to the mid to high thirties today. Western and central Vic already have a head start, as the cloud cover ahead of the trough kept these areas above 20 degrees for most of the night. Melbourne only managed to drop to 22.7°C and has already warmed up to 29.0°C by 9am. Rainfall across Vic tomorrow may amount to slightly higher totals than for SA, although 24-hour totals should still stay below 40mm. Just like SA, it will likely be the cooler temperatures that are most welcome from this trough as the pre-summer heatwave reaches its conclusion for the southeast. Image: Accumulated precipitation to Sunday night for southern and central SA and Vic.
Today, 12:43AM UTC
Sydney to sweat through week-long run of heat
A sustained run of heat will grip Sydney over the coming week, with a string of hot days and uncomfortable nights giving the city an early taste of summer. A blocking high pressure system centred over the Tasman Sea will allow warm northerly component winds to flow over eastern NSW every day between now and the middle of next week. This stagnant weather pattern will allow hot air to gradually build over the Sydney Basin during the next 5 to 7 days, causing a relentless run of hot days and nights. Image: Forecast air temperature and wind at 5pm AEDT on Monday, November 25, 2024. Temperatures in the city of Sydney and its eastern are likely to reach the high-twenties this weekend and then rise further to around 29 to 30°C from Monday to Wednesday or Thursday next week. Image: Daily forecast on the Weatherzone app for Sydney, NSW. While sea breezes will help limit heating in Sydney’s east over the coming week, these onshore winds will also raise the humidity and make it feel a few degrees warmer than it actually is. Dew point temperatures in eastern Sydney are expected to reach the low-twenties from Monday to Wednesday next week. These dew point temperatures will make it feel muggy and uncomfortable. Image: Dew point guide. Further west and away from the moderating effect of sea breezes, temperatures are going to soar in western Sydney. Penrith is forecast to reach the low-thirties on Friday and Saturday, the mid-thirties on Sunday and Monday and high-thirties from Tuesday. There is some model uncertainty regarding the heat beyond Tuesday, although the latest computer model guidance suggests that Wednesday and Thursday could also be hot, with maximums possibly reaching the mid- to high-thirties. Overnight temperatures will also be noticeably warm across Sydney between the hottest days of this this hot spell, particularly near the coast. Minimums in Sydney’s east are expected to stay up around 20 to 21°C each night from Monday to Wednesday, which will make hard to cool down from the heat of the day. These temperatures are abnormally warm for this time of year and would be more common in summer. Minimums will be about 3 to 5°C above average over the coming week in Sydney east, while maximums are expected to run around 5 to 10°C above average across the Sydney Basin. At this stage, Sydney should see some brief relief from the heat late next week, although there are early signs that another round of warmer air will return in the opening week of December. Title image credit: iStock / holgs
21 Nov 2024, 11:11PM UTC
Gold Coast roads submerged after deluge
Extremely heavy rain has fallen overnight on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with over 150mm in little more than 12 hours recorded at Coolangatta. A total of 154.8mm was recorded in the 24 hours to 9am. That brought the running total to 336mm for November 2024 to date, which is getting up towards triple the November monthly average of 120.7mm. Several roads were awash on Friday morning, especially in southern parts of the city, where locals posted images on social media of swift water crossing low-lying roads. GC WEATHER | It’s been a wet and wild night for parts of the Gold Coast, who have been smashed by over a month's worth of rain in just a few hours ????️ LATEST DETAILS: https://t.co/1lZDKZam87 — 1029 Hot Tomato (@1029) November 21, 2024 Heavy rain over parts of Queensland in the last few days has been caused by a high pressure system centred over the Tasman Sea which has been driving a deep layer of moisture-laden easterly winds towards Queensland. This moisture interacted with an upper-level trough and numerous surface-based troughs to cause areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms. Image: Radar over southeast Queensland between 2am and 4am, Friday November 22. As you can see on the two-hour radar loop above, rain was particularly heavy over the southern Gold Coast (the red and yellow blobs) between 2am and 4am local time, indicating storms. Indeed, 53.6mm of rain was recorded in that two-hour block at Coolangatta. Meanwhile some other parts of Queensland have recorded remarkable rainfall totals in the last day or so. The Lesdale weather station, just out of Charleville, received a whopping 185mm in the 24-hours to 9am Thursday. Charleville itself copped a 92.8mm soaking – more than double its November monthly average in a day. Charleville, in southern Queensland’s Maranoa and Warrego forecast district, is situated about 800km inland, and indeed is closer to the SA border than the Queensland coastline. Such heavy rain so far inland reflects the current high moisture levels in the atmosphere over Queensland, and as you’d imagine, there was flooding in the region. There were also falls in the vicinity of 200mm at South Mission Beach (nearly Tully in the tropical north). Image: They don't put pictures like this in the Gold Coast tourist brochures. Source: iStock. Rain is set to ease slowly over the weekend in most parts of Queensland as the high drifts further into the Tasman Sea and the influence of the upper-level trough starts to wane. The exception – as is common at this time of year – is the far north, where showers will continue.