Australia boils as extreme heat hits -- 47°C in places.
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| QLD 46C | SA 44C | VIC 44C | NSW 44C | TAS 39C | NT 34C | WA 28C |
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This forecast map shows temperatures set to get close to 50degrees in some parts of the interior on Friday, january 4. Image: Australian Bureau of Meteorolgy.
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AUSTRALIA is in the grip of an extreme heatwave with temperatures in two states set to soar past 40 degrees today - and the hot air will affect more of the country over the next week.
A "superheated" air mass flowing from the deserts of central Australia will push temperatures well above 40C across huge areas of Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and the Northern Territory into next week.
A sweltering Victoria is on full alert, with a total fire ban declared statewide as the mercury climbs towards 44C in the northwest.
Thousands of firefighters are on alert in Victoria as authorities brace for days of the most dangerous conditions since the Black Saturday bushfires, which killed 173 people in 2009.
Melbourne is bracing for a blistering 41C today.
Authorities warned residents to have their survival plans ready and to check on the young and the elderly.
An "extreme" fire danger rating has been issued for the Wimmera, South West and Central regions.
The alert is "severe" elsewhere.
CFA state duty officer Tony Bearzatto said: "The whole of the state needs to be prepared, and to have their plans in place and to make their decision early."
Northerly winds expected to reach 50km/h have intensified the fire risk.
In South Australia, firefighters are bracing for one of the worst fire-danger days in several years as temperatures soar into the mid-40s today.
Total fire bans have been declared across the state, with three of the 15 fire ban districts - Kangaroo Island, Mount Lofty and the Lower South East - rated as catastrophic.
Extreme fire danger conditions are forecast in the Upper South-East, Murraylands, Yorke Peninsula, Northwest Pastoral, West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula and Upper Eyre Peninsula fire ban districts.
Severe fire danger conditions are forecast in the Northeast Pastoral, Flinders Mid-North, Riverland and Adelaide Metropolitan areas.
Country Fire Service state co-ordinator Malim Watts said the forecast top of 44C, coupled with strong northerly winds ahead of a cool southerly change in the evening, presented a serious risk to the community and firefighters.
New South Wales is bracing for a seven-day heatwave with temperatures expected to soar as high as 44C in the state's west - prompting warnings from the fire services and health authorities.
While the highest temperature in the Sydney CBD over the next seven days will only reach a maximum of 30C, the mercury is expected to reach 39C in Penrith on Tuesday.
Other parts of western Sydney, such as Campbelltown and Liverpool, are tipped to hit 37C, while Broken Hill and Tibooburra are expecting 44C.
The heatwave is set to last until at least next Thursday.
Queensland is heading into a wild weekend of weather, with a scorching heatwave fuelling outback bushfires while beaches are battered by big waves.
Much of Queensland's interior, west of a line from Roma to Charter Towers, will be hit by the searing heat, with Birdsville tipped to peak above 46C.
Locals are being warned to stay indoors to escape the extreme heat.
The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service yesterday issued a severe fire danger warning for most of the state's north and far southwest as humidity of less than 10 per cent and 35km/h winds helped create tinder-dry conditions.
Fourteen bushfires were burning across the state and fire crews yesterday battled two blazes that threatened properties near Koah and Speewah, west of Cairns.
Bushfires are still threatening parts of Western Australia as the heatwave - which saw Perth suffer several days of temperatures in the high 30s over New Year - starts to ease.
Tasmania is also on high fire alert, as the state braces for near-record temperatures today. Hobart is forecast to hit 39 - one less than its January record.
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47C = 116.6F by the way
I was really close on saying "In the winter?" but I stopped and realized that they have summer when we have winter in the north hemisphere.
Funny how the world works, Australia is boiling its balls off while china's salt water freezes
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Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to [I]stay[/I] in this country.
My sister was almost put into hospital because of the heat. And I'm just sitting here building snowmen
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Yesterday, that is
It's fucking -20C here
Is it at least dry heat? 47 C + humidty sounds like death.
good lord that's awful
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;39083481]Is it at least dry heat? 47 C + humidty sounds like death.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Melbourne%2C+Australia[/url]
Currently 30.0c, 29% Humidity, but keep in mind that it's early morning still.
I'd have -30°C over 47°C anytime. Fuck the heat, there's god damn nothing you can do about it aside from running naked outside pouring water all over your body.
Sucks when your aircon breaks and have to live with the heat...Damn Western Australia weather...though its in the 28C's atm but its meant to go right back to the 38-40+ zone next week...
[QUOTE=megafat;39083471]Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to [I]stay[/I] in this country.[/QUOTE]
All our prisoners and convicts, like they had a choice anyway.
It's 40C in Brisbane today and I'm still doing my daily kilometre run and workout.
Man the fuck up Facepunch.
I actually want it to get hot where i live in NSW central coast, cause i plan on going to the beach later. But for the first time ever we get left out of the heatwave.
[QUOTE=GrassyBat;39083337]47C = 116.6F by the way[/QUOTE]
Phoenix hit 123F six times over the summer here.
it's actually pretty nice in Canberra, it was much warmer a few days ago
[QUOTE=1239the;39083768]It's 40C in Brisbane today and I'm still doing my daily kilometre run and workout.
Man the fuck up Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Wow you must be the coolest guy on earth.
In the summer I move from a deep space vacuum to the center of a star to do my posting, and it often exceeds 16 million degrees Celsius. But you won't see me complaining. Man the fuck up!
[QUOTE=mac338;39084050]In the summer I move from a deep space vacuum to the center of a star to do my posting, and it often exceeds 16 million degrees Celsius. But you won't see me complaining. Man the fuck up![/QUOTE]
Are stars hotter in summer?
[QUOTE=1239the;39083768]It's 40C in Brisbane today and I'm still doing my daily kilometre run and workout.
Man the fuck up Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
are you trying to brag about running only a km a day?
what does your workout consist of, lifting 2.5kg weights?
[QUOTE=Scot;39084060]Are stars hotter in summer?[/QUOTE]
No but after cooling down to -273.15*C in the winter I always feel like getting a bit of warmth, so I move into the nearest star.
[QUOTE=1239the;39083768]It's 40C in Brisbane today and I'm still doing my daily kilometre run and workout.
Man the fuck up Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
I can't take "man the fuck up" seriously from someone with that avatar.
[QUOTE=GrassyBat;39083337]47C = 116.6F by the way[/QUOTE]
That is completely normal for Arizona, we even get to 120 regularly in the dead of summer. People are so weak.
[QUOTE=1239the;39083768]It's 40C in Brisbane today and I'm still doing my daily kilometre run and workout.
Man the fuck up Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
trot like a pony
[QUOTE=Valdor;39084069]are you trying to brag about running only a km a day?
what does your workout consist of, lifting 2.5kg weights?[/QUOTE]
lifting puppies and drinking rainbow shakes
[QUOTE=Scot;39083973]Wow you must be the coolest guy on earth.[/QUOTE]
the hottest
I think I got 47 degree weather once when I was in Romania during this summer. It was in the middle of the capital city and it was toasty as all fuck.
[QUOTE=-Matt-94;39084102]That is completely normal for Arizona, we even get to 120 regularly in the dead of summer. People are so weak.[/QUOTE]
No we don't, 115 isn't too uncommon, but only happens for maybe a week every year. 120+ is pretty damn rare ever for Arizona. (Atleast, outside the middle of Pheonix, apparently)
And either way, 116 is really fucking hot.
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