Heatwave in Melbourne

DOOM WEATHER UPDATE. CONDITIONS ARE GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE SAY THE STORM CHASERS!! READ THE DETAILS. WE ARE SWEATING HERE, GALES BLOWIING DUST, PLANTS DYING, ANIMALS PANTING. VERY BAD!!!!

---Deejay Rebel

PS. This is supposed to cross the Tasman and effect New Zealand next week.

Extreme weather conditions in Victoria, Australia

Hot spell starts here

Melbourne is going to sizzle over the next few days, but it'll be hotter still in Horsham.

Melbourne CBD

Horsham

Source: Bureau of Meteorology

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Conditions outside are now getting worse and worse by the minute. Right now, nearly all of Melbourne is at 40c. Coastal areas near Frankston etc are around 10c cooler so around the 30c mark. The winds are only going to get stronger as the day goes on. Melbourne Airport just had a peak gust at 76 km/h.

There is an out of control grass fire just off Cooper St in Epping. That is the only fire at the moment.

Because todays heat is mainly from the hot northerlies, the temperature shouldn't go much higher than the forecasted 41C!!

From the Age

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-weather-the-prechristmas-heatwave-begins-20151218-glqqd8.html

After a humid Friday that reached 35.4 degrees in Melbourne, southerly winds brought temperatures back down to 23 degrees by 5pm.

Melbourne didn't quite reach a predicted high of 37 degrees, but temperatures varied wildly across the state. While Melbourne Airport recorded 40.9 degrees at about 3.30pm, it was much cooler in other parts of Victoria, such as Aireys Inlet which reached just 21.8 degrees.

Meanwhile, the bureau has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for damaging wind for the Mallee, Wimmera and parts of the Central, South West and North Central regions of Victoria.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds in those areas in the next few hours, with a gust of 90km/h already recorded at Hopetoun.

Saturday is still set to be a scorcher, with a top of 41 degrees forecast for Melbourne.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Tony Bannister said the temperature in the city will likely hit 35 degrees by about 11am, and 41 by 5pm.

"Once the northerlies come in, we'll heat up quite quickly," he said.

Saturday night is set to be a restless one for those without air conditioning, as Melbourne temperatures won't get any lower than 28 degrees overnight.

"It's going to be miserable. It's going to be really hard to sleep tomorrow night. Also it's likely to be windy," Mr Bannister said.

While Saturday will hit 41 in Melbourne, Mr Bannister said windy and dry conditions means it will feel more like 33 degrees.

Sunday is forecast to reach 37 degrees, with a cool change set to reach Melbourne by early afternoon.