Heatwave warning issued for NSW with high fire danger as sweltering conditions forecast nationwide

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A heatwave warning has been issued for New South Wales, with high fire danger expected in parts of the state. Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology says similar sweltering conditions are forecast for much of the nation.

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00:00It looks low to severe heatwave conditions through much of the country, WA, NT, western

00:07Queensland and much of New South Wales for today, tomorrow and into Tuesday.

00:13We're going to see temperatures for many of our inland areas get in the high 30s to low

00:1740s and that heat will get down to around the Sydney area on Tuesday with temperatures

00:23in the mid 30s for the city, could get into the low 40s through parts of western Sydney

00:27as well, but much of the inland looking at low to mid 40s later this afternoon and especially

00:33on Monday and Tuesday.

00:34Well it's going to be very hot for people going out today, so what are weather conditions

00:39looking like for the rest of the country?

00:41Yeah well today that heat is going to impact New South Wales in the coming days, it's actually

00:46in South Australia today and that's leading to some high fire dangers for much of southern

00:51South Australia and also temperatures in the high 30s to low 40s including Adelaide looking

00:56at 37.

00:58But our concern really is tomorrow through parts of South Australia and much of western

01:02and central Victoria where hot, dry and windy weather is going to lead to extreme fire dangers

01:09for much of eastern South Australia and all of western and central Victoria.

01:14Now that does include the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and the Melbourne metropolitan

01:18area.

01:19We could see temperatures get into the high 30s for Adelaide before a morning cool change

01:23but much of Victoria is likely to see low 40s including Melbourne at 42 and could even

01:29see mid 40s along the Murray and that'll all be ahead of a gusty cooler change moving through

01:34during the late afternoon and evening through parts of Victoria and we could see some dry

01:39lightning with that as well.

01:40So definitely concerns for those in eastern South Australia and western and central Victoria

01:46tomorrow.

01:47Then as we mentioned earlier that heat will move into New South Wales with thunderstorms

01:50on Tuesday.

01:52But elsewhere, rain and storms across the tropical north continue.

01:55We could see rain and storms increase on the north tropical coast leading to some heavy

01:59falls there Monday through Wednesday and also the heat looks to return after a cooler few

02:03days through parts of western and southwestern WA including Perth.

02:07So a lot going on around the country at the moment.

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