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Unseasonably warm winter weather across large parts of country
Australian Community Media
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8/9/2024
August 2024 weather more akin to typical spring conditions instead of continuing the wintery weather.
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Hello from the Bureau with your weekend weather update, where I'll be touching on the unseasonably
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warm weather that's forecast to extend across large parts of southern Australia, some showers
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developing about southern WA with a cold front, and some showers and storms developing about
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central and eastern parts of Queensland.
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So I'll start off looking at the mean sea level pressure chart, and this is what's happening
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at the moment.
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We've got this ridge, a broad ridge of high pressure extending across southern parts of
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the country.
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Now this is going to persist over the weekend and bring really settled weather to the far
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southeast.
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But at the moment we've also got a risk of showers about the east coast of NSW associated
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with this trough, just pushing up there, and then an onshore flow bringing a lot of moisture
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to the Queensland coast with some scattered showers as well.
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But the rest of the country is pretty much cloud free at the moment.
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So moving into tomorrow, we've got Victoria and South Australia, where we find light winds,
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clear skies, really beautiful winter's day there, whereas for NSW central and north coast
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there is a risk of showers to develop, particularly during the afternoon, and as well for the
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Queensland coast.
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Now the showers are expected to intensify about the north tropical Queensland coast
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during the afternoon, while if we shift our focus out in the west, here's that cold front
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pushing in, and we're forecasting that to cross the coast overnight Saturday into the
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early hours of Sunday morning, bringing gusty showers, and even the risk of heavy rainfall
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about the western coastal districts.
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Now I've paused it here on Sunday afternoon because we have an upper trough that will
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be moving into the Queensland area, and that's going to bring some really unstable conditions,
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and again intensifying the shower activity and spreading it further inland.
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There's also the risk of hit and miss thunderstorms to be pushed all the way into central parts
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as well.
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And I also just wanted to draw your attention to this coastal trough that's sitting just
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off the coast.
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Now if that coastal trough pushes a little bit further inland, there is a risk that there
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may be some heavier rainfall totals about southeastern parts of Queensland, and also
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about the northern coast of NSW as well, so it's good to keep an eye on it and make sure
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if you live within these areas to start today with the latest forecasts.
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Now heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding may also develop about the north
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tropical Queensland coast and the Herbert and Lower Burdekin, so people within those
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areas should also stay up to date with the latest warnings.
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Now as we continue to move through however that cold front, tracking across the west
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will start to dry out, no longer attached to a moisture source with the showers gradually
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weakening.
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Temperature wise, in the southeast typically chilly for this time of year, out in the west
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warmer, but it's the daytime temperatures where things get really interesting.
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The maximum temperature is 10 to 12 degrees above the August average out in Western Australia,
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and it's that heat or that warm air that's going to be dragged across southern parts
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of the country over the weekend.
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And as we move into Sunday, a maximum of 20 degrees for Adelaide, 18 for Melbourne and
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17 for Hobart, and that warmth is going to continue into early next week with some of
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those locations even having maximum temperatures in the low 20s, so temperatures that are more
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typical for spring rather than winter time.
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So if you're wanting to know more about what's going on in your neck of the woods, then you
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can visit the Bureau's website, the app or social media, otherwise we'll see you again
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next time.
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Bye for now.
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