Hello from the Bureau with your weather wrap for Sunday the 25th of August. The satellite shows
mostly clear skies across western and
northern Australia, signalling largely settled
conditions for our Sunday. Warm weather dominates
particularly across the far north-west, where today we may see the first
40 degree temperatures for the season. In the south-east,
cloudy as a front approaches, bringing widespread thunderstorms
this afternoon and evening. Storm driven winds and large
hail pose a damage risk to properties, vegetation
and cropping areas of Victoria, south-east, South Australia
and inland New South Wales. Strong winds will follow these
storms overnight into Monday, mainly impacting the
south-east alpine areas. Showers will ease over the
mainland but remain more persistent across western Tasmania. A dry, mostly sunny start to the
week elsewhere across Australia, with temperatures
starting to peak through south-east and
central Queensland. On Tuesday, much of southern Australia
will see winds increasing once again. Damaging gusts will become a risk across
southern parts of Western Australia and a widespread hazard
throughout the south-east states. Wet soils, particularly through
south-west, WA and Tasmania, may enhance the risk of trees
being brought down by strong winds. A burst of cooler air will follow across the far
south-east on Wednesday, with small hail and
snow to low levels. Remaining dry across the northern
two thirds of the continent, with no break in the
relentless warm weather. By Thursday, cool and showery
weather continues in the south-east. Wet weather will develop
in the south-west too, as the next blustery
cold front approaches. Friday and into next weekend,
more showers in the south with slightly below average temperatures for
southern WA, Tasmania and Victoria. Remaining hot, dry and
mostly settled in the north, with no signs of a cooler
southerly change by next weekend. That's it for this week. See you next time.