Heatwave to bring 45C days to NSW and Victoria with torrential rain for Queensland

Bushfires could flare back up across NSW and Victoria with an extreme heatwave expected for parts of both states on Friday, while a slow-moving low-pressure system is pushing torrential rain across Queensland.

Lightning in Roma, Queensland, heralds the arrival of
the rain in mid-January. Parts of the state’s north
 have had half a metre of rain since.

In NSW “it looks like fire danger is ramping up as we head into the weekend and Saturday will be the peak day,” according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s David Wilke.

Friday would be the peak day in Victoria, bringing high humidity, hotter conditions and winds picking up, senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said.

Temperatures were expected to increase from Wednesday in NSW, rising to the low 40s on the south coast on Saturday and 41C to 43C in the Australian Capital Territory. Western Sydney could experience temperatures of up to 45C.

Read the story from The Guardian by Else Kennedy - “Heatwave to bring 45C days to NSW and Victoria with torrential rain for Queensland.”