Hot weather could break September records
IT’S set to get even hotter than expected this weekend as our exceptionally warm spring weather continues.
Forecasters had thought Sydney’s CBD would struggle to crack the 30-degree mark today, but it’s likely to streak past that with a predicted high of 33 degrees and a blistering 36 degrees in Penrith, in the western suburbs.
If Penrith reaches 36 degrees, that would pass the September record of 35.8 set 22 years ago.
For Brisbane, the gauge should keep rising through the weekend, topping out at 35 degrees in the CBD on Monday and not dipping below 30 all next week.
Brisbane’s inland suburbs can expect 37 degrees tomorrow.
In NSW’s north-west, in towns such as Brewarrina the temperature could tip into the 40s – the first time that has ever happened in the state in September.
Sky News forecaster Tom Saunders said a hot northwesterly wind was the cause of the record temperatures.
“The winds will freshen across NSW and southern Queensland and become strong along the NSW ranges and over southern inland Queensland this weekend and combined with low humidity will lead to severe, touching on extreme, fire dangers,” he said.
The Bureau of Meteorology said this September could go down in history.
“It’s going to be a hot weekend and records will be broken,” a spokesman told AAP yesterday.
Temperatures will cool in the southern states but are likely to be above average in Melbourne and Hobart.
Western Australia’s southwest had a severe weather warning yesterday for wind gusts of up to 100kmh.