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"South-east Australia is in for a hot weekend, with temperatures up to 12C
above average forecast in parts of Victoria and Melbourne expected to
experience its warmest April days in four years.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast Melbourne will reach a maximum of 30C on
Saturday and Sunday, while Sydney is forecast to reach a high of 26C on both
days of the weekend.
Senior BoM meteorologist Dean Narramore said Melbourne will experience its
warmest April day in four years this weekend.
Narramore said that the unusually warm weather for the weekend is due to a very
large and slow-moving high-pressure system moving over south-eastern Australia
and extending well into the Tasman Sea.
“Because of the high-pressure system it’s going to direct northerly winds into
south-eastern Australia for multiple days through this weekend and well into
next week,” he said.
Narramore said that this weekend’s weather forecast is not record-breaking, but
is definitely unusual weather.
Senior BoM meteorologist Christie Johnson said Adelaide is expected to have a
run of five days of 30C and above starting on Saturday.
The warm temperatures come as Australia recently experienced its hottest
12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record.
Dr Andrew King, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne, told
Guardian Australia earlier in April that the 12-month record had been broken
by a significant margin.
“We are warming the planet at a significant rate now and we continue to put
record amounts of CO₂ in the atmosphere,” he said.
Johnson said that there is fire danger predicted across a number of South
Australian districts over the weekend, and into parts of Victoria on Sunday."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
