Stretch of hot weather enters fourth day as temperatures climb significantly above average in NSW, Victoria and South Australia
A vast swathe of Australia entered its fourth consecutive day of well above average heat on Monday, delivering elevated fire dangers and an early start to an unusually hot and dry warm season.were all forecast to record temperatures from 10C to 16C above average on Monday. Port Augusta in SA was predicted to reach 39C, Penrith in NSW was set to reach 37C and Sydney was forecast to hit 31C.
Dean Narramore, a meteorologist with the Bureau of Meteorology, said the sustained period of high temperature across numerous parts of Australia was “very unusual”, particularly for the time of the year.The deep band of heat has been caused by a large, slow-moving high pressure system dragging warmth from central and northern Australia into the south-east. September heat records were broken in South Australia on Sunday, where Ceduna hit 39.8C.
With the heat moving eastwards, temperatures were expected to rise further in NSW on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“It’ll be back to average temperatures, but after a hot week that’s going to feel like a shock,” Narramore said. On Monday morning the NSW Rural Fire Service responded to grass fires in Riverwood, south-west Sydney, and Kangy Angy, north of Gosford. A bushfire in Razorback, north of Picton, was also under control.
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