More than half of Australia is suffering a heatwave, with scorching temperatures in Queensland, Western Australia and other states Northern Territory probably on the weekend.
Large parts of the outback across northern Australia were there vom Bureau of Meteorology warned A heat wave is expected to last into next week.
There was a warning of a severe heat wave large parts of inland Queenslandwith extreme and severe heatwave conditions affecting Richmond, Longreach, Roma and Charleville.
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Temperatures reached 43C in Richmond, 42C in Mount Isa, 44C in Longreach and 43C in Boulia at lunchtime on Saturday.
High temperatures will continue across much of the area until Friday, with maximum temperatures above 39C expected in Mount Isa throughout the week.
Brisbane was now experiencing a “low intensity” heatwave with a maximum temperature of 30C for Saturday and Friday.
In the Northern Territory, the heatwave affected Timber Creek, where temperatures were expected to reach up to 43°C, and Katherine, where the maximum temperature could reach 42°C.
IN Western AustraliaMuch of the north coast was hit by the heatwave, with Broome and Derby feeling the worst of the temperatures.
Broome was expected to see temperatures rise to 34°C, while Derby was forecast to reach a maximum of 38°C.
The weather spread inland New South Wales Tibooburra, Bourke and Coonamble are also expected to reach maximum temperatures above 32°C.
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A senior meteorologist at BoM, Miriam Bradbury, said that while the temperatures were not breaking records, their consistency was a cause for concern.
“Heat waves are not necessarily about the highest peak temperatures that we can see there. These are persistently above-average temperatures,” she said. “This is when temperatures are consistently above average over a period of at least three days.” In between, there are hot nights in which the heat wave builds up.
“So for the next week at least, we expect the really very warm conditions and the heatwaves to continue across the northern parts of the country Queenslandalso northern parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
“For the next week or so, we don’t see any strong systems that could sweep away this heat,” she said.
Bradbury added that the heat had been in the region for “a while” but had intensified over the past week.
“The heat continues and stagnates over the northern parts of the continent and it just won’t go away. Unfortunately, this is likely to continue, at least for the foreseeable future.”
