National Weather Forecast Wed 28 Aug 2024: Unseasonal heat & severe wind continues across Aus.

Hello, Sarah from the Bureau with your national weather forecast for tomorrow. That's Thursday, the 29th of August. And I'll be touching on the unseasonably hot conditions that are persisting through central and northern parts of the country and another pulse of really strong winds across the far south. So we'll start off taking a look at the MSLP chart, and here we have a cold front pushing into south-west WA during the morning, seeing a return of those wet and windy weather. Now, that front is expected to reach the south-west of Victoria and western Tasmania late Thursday night. While in the north we've got this stubborn ridge of high pressure that's continuing to bring the really settled and clear whether that's allowed the temperatures to build through the interior, resulting in these unseasonably high temperatures. Now if we zoom into Queensland, we've got dry and sunny conditions with unseasonably high maximum temperatures, with just some isolated showers about the north tropical coast. For Brisbane, a sunny days expected with a drop of 32 degrees, which is nine degrees above the August average. Shifting the focus to New South Wales, we're going to see a temporary easing of the winds throughout the day. However, those winds will redevelop particularly about the southern ranges and also the Illawarra at night. We're also forecasting some showers about the southern ranges and also the western slopes of those ranges, falling as snow about the alpine areas. For Sydney, we're forecasting a mostly sunny day, top of 23 degrees. While down in Victoria, also seeing a temporary easing of the winds. However, those north westerly winds will start to pick up during the evening ahead of this cold front with the potential for damaging wind gusts about elevated areas. Showers are forecast both near and south of the ranges and increasing about the south-west coast at night, associated with that front. For Melbourne, a possible shower and a top of 17 degrees. Down in Tasmania, wet and windy, particularly in the west. Not much rainfall in the far east, but also a chance of some small hail about southern and western parts, and you can see the rain really starts to increase ahead of that frontal system. A shower or two for Hobart with a top of 14 degrees. For South Australia, the winds are expected to actually increase throughout the day ahead of that cold front, with just some showers forecast about the far south-east and then increasing again at night about the southern coastal districts. For Adelaide, it's going to be a partly cloudy day with a chance of a shower at night, a top of 23 degrees. Over in the west, that cold front will push across, bringing really wet and windy weather during the morning with those winds starting to ease from the west as the front tracks eastward and also those showers easing as well. For Perth starting off really windy with the showers easing considerably warmer as we head north. A top of 21 degrees for Perth. Shifting to the northern parts of the country, fine, dry and sunny with just the chance of a shower about north-east Arnhem Districts, a top of 34 degrees for both Darwin and Broome. So if you are wanting to know a more detailed forecast for your area, then you can head to the Bureau's website, app or social media. Otherwise, we'll see you again tomorrow. Bye for now.