Heatwaves continue, with severe storms for parts of the east

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Heatwaves and storm activity hitting parts of the coastlines around Victoria, lower NSW, Tasmania, far north Queensland, Northern Territory and north Western Australia.

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00:00Hello, Miriam at the Bureau of Meteorology with your national weather forecast for tomorrow,

00:04Thursday the 23rd of January.

00:07Tomorrow's weather map shows us two main weather features of interest.

00:10A horseshoe low-pressure trough that's arcing around the continent and a high-pressure system

00:16sitting over the Bight.

00:17Now, to the north of our low-pressure trough, we're seeing showers and thunderstorms continuing

00:22in parts.

00:23To the south of our trough, it is drier, but that high-pressure system is working together

00:27with the trough to help hold a significant amount of heat over the Australian continent.

00:32So we are seeing heatwaves ongoing across many areas, particularly through the southwest

00:37of the country and through the northeast.

00:41Let's take a state-by-state look at all of that now, starting with Queensland.

00:45So hot conditions continuing across western, central and southern Queensland, heatwaves

00:49are ongoing.

00:51We are also likely to see showers and thunderstorms ongoing through northern and eastern parts

00:56of the state, with the risk tomorrow of severe thunderstorms through parts of the central

01:00and southeast inland.

01:02Now those severe storms could bring damaging to locally destructive wind gusts and large

01:07to giant-sized hail.

01:09We urge residents right across the southeast to keep a close eye out for any warning updates

01:14through the course of tomorrow.

01:15For Brisbane, we are looking at a partly cloudy day with a top of 33 degrees.

01:20New South Wales can expect some showers continuing along coastal parts, with the risk of some

01:25storms in those northeastern areas.

01:28Now storms in the northeast may become severe through the afternoon and evening as well.

01:33We could see the damaging winds and large hail in the far northeast, as well as some

01:37more moderate rainfall totals.

01:39Moderate rainfall totals are also possible through southeastern parts of the state, with

01:43showers ramping up a little bit later in the day.

01:46Now it will be milder along those coastal areas in the wake of today's cool change,

01:51but the heat is ongoing across those inland and western parts of the state.

01:56For Sydney tomorrow, we're looking at a shower or two and a top of 25 degrees.

01:59For Canberra, a top of 26.

02:02Down in Victoria, we're looking at a mild and mostly cloudy day, with a few showers

02:06passing through mostly to the south of the ranges, although we will see those showers

02:11ramping up a little bit across eastern parts of the state later on.

02:14For Melbourne though, it will be a mostly dry day with a top of 21 degrees.

02:20Showers extending from northern through central and into parts of eastern Tasmania tomorrow,

02:25with generally low rainfall totals away from the north coast and the central plateau.

02:30Elsewhere, it will be a partly to mostly cloudy day.

02:33For Hobart, we are looking at a cooler top of 18 degrees.

02:38South Australia can expect low intensity heatwaves ongoing tomorrow across northern and western

02:43parts of the state, severe intensity through the far northwest.

02:47It will be quite a bit milder along the south coast however, with the chance of a few isolated

02:52showers in the southeast, not delivering too much in terms of rainfall however.

02:57For Adelaide, we're heading for a partly cloudy day and a top of 26 degrees.

03:02Western Australia is going to see the intense heat continuing, with temperatures soaring

03:06once again into the high 30s to low 40s for many areas, particularly across those central

03:12and southwestern parts, where those severe to locally extreme heatwaves are ongoing.

03:17We're also going to see the chance of a few showers or thunderstorms to the west of our

03:22low pressure trough, impacting parts of the Pilbara, Gascoyne and the southwest land division.

03:27Now, not too much rainfall is expected from those storms, so dry lightning will also be

03:32a risk through tomorrow.

03:34For Perth, we're heading for a mostly sunny top of 40 degrees tomorrow.

03:39Through the Northern Territory, we've got isolated showers and thunderstorms ongoing

03:43across those northern areas, as well as across northern parts of Western Australia.

03:48We could see some gusty winds with storms across parts of the Top End.

03:52Through those southern and inland areas, low intensity heatwaves are developing once again,

03:57severe intensity through far southwestern parts of the Territory.

04:01For Darwin, we're heading for a shower or two tomorrow, possible thunderstorm and a

04:04top of 33 degrees.

04:07Now, you can find the detailed forecast for your area via the Bureau's website, the

04:11BOM Weather App or via our social media.

04:13Have a great night and we'll catch you next time.

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