Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east
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Front dragging warm air from the Pilbara brings ‘particularly hot’ weather to SA, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Winds from the Southern Ocean will bring relief on Monday to parts of south-eastern Australia sweltering through a three-day heatwave. A heatwave warning for South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the weekend as temperatures were expected to spike in some parts to 40C.
Temperatures in Sydney’s city centre were expected to reach 31C on Sunday, with much higher readings forecast for surrounding suburbs. Maximums were expected to hit 38C in Richmond, 37C in Penrith and 36C in Liverpool and Campbelltown. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email.
In Melbourne, the mercury was forecast to reach 38C, with maximums climbing as high as 40C at Tullamarine and Watsonia, and 39C in Scoresby and Yarra Glen – and similarly high temperatures forecast for regional areas. Mildura was expected to reach 42C, with Bendigo and Shepparton hitting 40C and the Latrobe Valley and Albury-Wodonga rising to 39C.
As of 11am on Sunday, temperatures in Sydney had reached 28.9C at Sydney airport, 28.9C at Penrith and 29.7C at Richmond. In Melbourne temperatures hit 31.7C at Olympic Park, 35.4C at Avalon and 34.4C at Laverton. Across the other capitals, the expected maximums were 34C in Darwin, 33C in Adelaide, 32C in Perth, 29C in Brisbane and 23C in Hobart, with inland areas including Alice Springs expected to reach 42C.
