Unseasonally warm winter weather across much of Australia

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Heat for central and northern Australia, and rain for southern Australia as August 2024 ends.

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00:00Hello from the Bureau with your weekend weather update, and our main weather story is heading

00:04into this weekend first, that unseasonal heat continuing for much of central and northern

00:08Australia, with the potential for new records to be set.

00:11Otherwise, it's a different story across the far south of the country, with rain, wind

00:16and storms heading into your weekend.

00:18Let's first start off with what we were expecting heading into Friday evening, and

00:22we do see a trough approaching the southeast of the country.

00:24That's bringing showers to parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, as well

00:29as very strong winds, and they'll really ramp up into Friday night, and so we do have

00:34a Severe Weather Warning current that covers elevated parts of southern Victoria, eastern

00:38Victoria and the snowy mountains of New South Wales, so if you are in these areas, be sure

00:42to check for the latest warnings heading into Friday night and Saturday morning.

00:47Otherwise, it is also wet and windy across far southwest WA, including Perth, with a

00:51trough moving through, and that's also bringing very welcome rainfall to agricultural areas

00:56of the southwest land division.

00:57But as you can see behind it, another very strong cold front approaching from the west,

01:02and this will bring severe weather over the weekend, and so we will be releasing a dedicated

01:06severe weather video for southern parts of WA, and that will be available to watch on

01:11our social media channels later on Friday.

01:14Otherwise, the rest of the country is remaining very clear and dry, and that's allowing a

01:19lot of this heat to really build up, and we are seeing maximum temperatures very much

01:24above the August average, all the way from northern New South Wales into Queensland and

01:28the rest of the north of the country, so this heat will persist through the weekend and

01:33into much of next week.

01:35On Saturday, we do see showers gradually clearing off in Victoria as well as some of that wind,

01:40but showers continuing for parts of Tasmania, and there's that strong cold front approaching

01:44southwest WA.

01:45That will bring a band of heavy showers and storms, as well as some very strong winds

01:49extending towards the east and Esperance through the day on Saturday.

01:54Otherwise, we do see just a few patchy showers across parts of NSW through the day, otherwise

01:59clear skies returning to Victoria.

02:02Into Sunday, across the north of the country, and we have seen some very heavy tropical

02:06showers about the Cassowary Coast and Cairns through this week.

02:09They'll gradually ease off, so on a drying trend through there, but that cold front will

02:12start to approach the southeast of the country.

02:15It will weaken back into a trough, but we are still expecting very windy conditions,

02:19especially across coastal parts of South Australia, and also southwest Victoria, especially from

02:24Sunday morning.

02:26Sunday afternoon, rain builds across Victoria, with the potential for severe thunderstorms

02:30for northern Victoria and the NSW Riverina, otherwise into Sunday night we do see a few

02:35showers pushing onto the NSW coast, but as you can see, clear and dry for the rest of

02:40the country.

02:41So let's next look at those temperatures.

02:43Starting off with Saturday, you can see maximum temperatures into the low to mid 30s right

02:48across central and northern Australia, and this is 10-15 degrees above the August average.

02:54The real hotspot will be Unadatta, just north of Coober Pedy, currently expecting a forecast

02:58maximum of 38-39 degrees.

03:01Otherwise quite a bit cooler across far southwest WA, but remaining mild across the eastern

03:06seaboard.

03:07A warm 25 for Sydney and 26 for Brisbane, but it will get even warmer as heat pushes

03:12towards the east coast on Sunday, warming up to 29 degrees in Brisbane, 26 in Sydney

03:17and remaining quite mild across the southeast, and then quite cool across the WA in the wake

03:22of that cold front.

03:23But maximum temperatures very much above average, even nudging up to 40 degrees for parts of

03:28the northern Kimberley.

03:29So that's your weekend forecast, stay up to date with the latest forecast information

03:34and warnings on our website and social media channels, and we'll see you next time.

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