Melbourne to bake through another scorcher of a day as temperatures soar

Heat-weary Melburnians have received another blow with Friday's forecast revised up to a summer scorcher of 42 degrees.

Get set to swelter, or find a way to cool off -
like this young man at the Frankston Jetty. 

The Bureau of Meteorology issued the news late on Thursday, up from the previous forecast of 39 degrees.

Melbourne will toss and turn through another hot night with the mercury unlikely to dip below 25 degrees on Thursday.

The sudden surge in temperature predicted for Friday is due to a later than expected cool change, Bureau of Metrology senior forecaster Dean Stewart said.

Read Melissa Cunningham’s story from the Melbourne Age - “Melbourne to bake through another scorcher of a day as temperatures soar.”

Melbourne weather: Summer's soggy start to make way for a one-day heatwave

After a soggy start to summer, Melburnians are set for a scorcher this week as the mercury climbs toward 40 degrees.

After a wet start to summer, Melbourne will have a one-day heatwave this week.

But those hoping to relegate their coats to the back of their wardrobes should know Victoria's weather is a fickle mistress, with the hot weather lasting for one day only.

Wednesday's temperature is forecast to reach a baking 36 degrees with the overnight minimum an equally oppressive 22 degrees before a cool change sweeps through.

"There will be a weak change on Wednesday evening followed by a cold front early Thursday morning so it's just the one hot day. I wouldn't call it a heatwave or anything," warned Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Rod Dickson.

Read the Melbourne Age story by Ebony Bowden - “Melbourne weather: Summer's soggy start to make way for a one-day heatwave.”

Careering toward the opposite of an expected ice age

The world is meant to be heading toward an ice age and yet the reality is quite different.

The reality is, as the Huffington Post has noted in a story headed: “Last Month was the hottest may in recorded history”.

“The past May was a scorcher”, the Post reported.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that combined average May temperatures on land and sea surfaces were at 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average of 58.6 degrees.

"Four of the five warmest Mays on record have occurred in the past five years," the NOAA also wrote in its report. The previous hottest May on record was in 2010.