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Urgent warning of a heatwave that will be more intense than any experienced over the summer, and is set to hit Australia in DAYS
- Intense peak heat will hit the coast of New South Wales
- Parts of Queensland and WA to suffocate
- Hot air bubble to watch temperatures soar
The east coast of Australia will be affected by a heat wave that forecasters warn will be more intense than any other experienced during the summer.
A hot air bubble forecast to arrive early next week is slowly making its way across the country to the New South Wales coast.
Forecasters say the autumn heat spike will see places like Sydney experience warmer temperatures than those recorded in the summer.
Sydney’s CBD has not recorded a day above 31°C this summer, with the hottest day falling short of 0.4°C when the city recorded 30.6°C in February.
Temperatures in Harbor City will soar early next week, hitting 90F on Monday and Tuesday.
Australia’s east coast is ready to sweat with the arrival of an intense heat spike that forecasters warn will be hotter than any experienced during the summer (women on Bondi Beach pictured)
A hot air bubble is forecast to hit early next week and slowly makes its way across the country to the New South Wales coast (a Sky News weather map pictured)
In the west of the city, temperatures could reach 37°C in Penrith on Monday, 35°C in Liverpool and 36°C in Parramatta.
Before temperatures rise on Sunday, Sydneysiders can expect some showers and cooler lows over the weekend.
Parts of Queensland and Western Australia will also be affected by an intense heatwave this weekend, with temperatures soaring in Perth.
Temperatures will reach 28°C on Sunday, 29°C on Monday and 34°C on Tuesday and Wednesday as a heat wave stretches from Margaret River to Carnarvon.
Things are heating up in Brisbane next week too, with Tuesday set to hit 33C and Wednesday to sizzle at a scorching 34C.
As Australia enters its second week of autumn, Sky News Weather Meteorologist Rob Sharpe said temperatures would be reminiscent of summer.
Temperatures in WA will hit 29C on Monday and 34C on Tuesday and Wednesday as a heatwave spreads from Margaret River to Carnarvon (a Sky News weather map pictured)
Tasmania was the only state that was warmer than usual this summer (a BOM map is pictured)
“There will be a peak of heat in southern Queensland and then in New South Wales, where there will be an elevated fire danger on Sunday as the wind picks up,” it said.
“Then on Monday, that heat runs all the way up the New South Wales coast, where there’s a chance that that heat will be hotter than anything we’ve seen all summer.”
Further south in Victoria conditions will remain gray and cloudy with temperatures struggling to reach 20 degrees for the next few days.
Victorians will enjoy a mostly sunny weekend with temperatures reaching 29°C on Saturday and 30°C on Sunday, with a chance of some light showers.
Canberra will also enjoy warm weather over the weekend with 27C on Saturday and 30C on Sunday.
This summer, Australia as a whole was 27% above the long-term average for rainfall
Further north in Darwin, highs will not drop below 30°C for the next week, with Saturday being the warmest day at 32°C.
Low temperatures in the upper end will remain around 20 degrees, with the possibility of rainfall staying high throughout the week.
Adelaide will enjoy some warm weather this weekend before temperatures plummet to 20 degrees, with 22°C on Monday, 20°C on Tuesday and 21°C on Wednesday.
In Tasmania, conditions will be gray and dreary over the weekend and into next week with light showers from Sunday.