Hello from the Bureau with your weekend
weather update. And our main weather stories
heading into this weekend first, that unseasonal heat continuing
for much of central and northern Australia with the potential
for new records to be set. Otherwise, it's a different story
across the far south of the country with rain, wind and storms
heading into your weekend. Let's first start off with what we were
expecting heading into Friday evening, and we do see a trough
approaching the southeast of the country that's bringing showers to parts of South
Australia, Victoria and Tasmania as well as very strong winds. And that'll really ramp up
into Friday night. And so we do have a Severe Weather
Warning current that covers elevated parts of southern Victoria, eastern Victoria and
the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. So if you are in these areas,
be sure to check for the latest warnings heading into Friday night
and Saturday morning. Otherwise, it is also wet and windy across
far southwest WA including Perth, with a trough moving through. And that's also bringing very welcome rainfall to agricultural
areas of the South West Land Division. But as you can see behind it,
another very strong cold front approaching from the west, and this will bring severe
weather over the weekend. And so we will be releasing a dedicated
severe weather video for southern parts of WA
and that will be available to watch on our social media channels
later on Friday. Otherwise, the rest of the country
is remaining very clear and dry, and that's allowing a lot of this heat
to really build up. And we are seeing maximum temperatures
very much above the August average, all the way from northern New South Wales
into Queensland and the rest of the north of the country. So this heat will persist through
the weekend and into much of next week. On Saturday we do see showers gradually
clearing off in Victoria, as well as some of that wind, but showers
continuing for parts of Tasmania. And there's that strong cold
front approaching southwest WA that will bring a band of heavy showers
and storms, as well as some very strong winds
extending through towards eastern Esperance
through the day on Saturday. Otherwise, we do see just a few patchy
showers across parts of New South Wales through the day. Otherwise clear skies
returning to Victoria. Into Sunday across the north of the country
and we have seen some very heavy tropical showers about the Cassowary Coast
in Cairns through this week. They'll gradually ease off,
so on a drying trend through there, but that cold front will start to approach
the southeast of the country. It will weaken back into a trough,
but we are still expecting very windy conditions, especially across
coastal parts of South Australia and also southwest Victoria,
especially from Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon rain builds across
Victoria, with the potential for severe thunderstorms for northern Victoria
and the New South Wales Riverina. Otherwise, into Sunday night we do
see a few showers pushing onto the New South Wales coast, but as you can see,
clear and dry for the rest of the country. So let's next look at those temperatures
and starting off with Saturday, you can see max temperatures
of into the low to mid 30s right across central and northern Australia. And this is 10 to 15 degrees
above the August average. The real hotspot will be Oodnadatta,
just in north of Coober Pedy, currently expecting a forecast
maximum of 38 or 39 degrees. Otherwise quite a bit cooler across far south west WA but remaining mild
across the eastern seaboard. A warm 25 in Sydney and 26 for Brisbane. But it will get even warmer as heat pushes
towards the east coast on Sunday. Will be up to 29 degrees in Brisbane, 26 in Sydney and remaining
quite mild across the southeast and then quite cool across the
WA in the wake of that cold front. But maximum temperatures
very much above average, even nudging up to 40 degrees
for parts of the northern Kimberley. So that's your weekend forecast
stay up to date with the latest forecast information and warnings
on our website and social media channels. And we'll see you next time.