Weather conditions bringing soaring temperatures to large parts of the country are moving north-east and set to raise the mercury in Queensland and northern New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.
The heat is shifting into Australia's north-east today, with the temperature peak still to come in Brisbane and Sydney.
Temperatures pushing into the high 30s and low 40s are forecast again in Queensland and New South Wales as low to severe heatwave conditions affect much of the country's north. However, conditions have eased in the south, Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said."The heat is contracting into north-east New South Wales and southern Queensland, and that's why we're seeing the fire danger flaring across north-east NSW."She said there were still some severe conditions ahead for northern NSW and Queensland before a low-pressure trough brought milder weather over the weekend.
"It will take a couple of days for that milder weather to push up the New South Wales coast and into southern Queensland as well, so Sydney and Brisbane will actually see their peak-heat days occurring Thursday and Friday," she said.There is an extreme fire danger in north-western NSW, a high fire danger in the Upper Central West Plains, and total fire bans in both regions.Late yesterday, crews contained fires threatening Dirranbandi in Queensland's south-west.
The fire had "flanked" the community to east and south and come within a kilometre of the town, Balonne Shire Mayor Samantha O'Toole said.Temperatures are pushing into the forties in the eastern states as the focus shifts to an "extensive" thunderstorm risk.The conditions this week were a "good reminder" to be ready for what summer will bring, Ms Bradbury said.
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