It’s going to be a hot few days in parts of south-east Australia before heavy rains associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily change things up.
Kirrily is currently carving a trail of torrential rain and flooding across western Queensland and the eastern Northern Territory.
The cyclone crossed the Queensland coast over a week ago, and has since dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain.
The ABC reports that one of the most impressive figures was a 24-hour total of 332mm to 9am Friday at Westmoreland station near the NT border, the location’s heaviest fall since April 2010.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is now moving south again, crosssing the NT/Queensland border this weekend and triggering flood watches on both sides.
It's been hot and sweaty in the south-east. PIC: Taoyuetong / Pixabay
According to the ABC, the tropical low should bring a narrow band of around 50 to 200mm this weekend — west of about Cloncurry to Windorah, before the system accelerates into north-east SA and NSW on Monday, although some modelling holds off on its exit path out of Queensland until Tuesday.
When the former cyclone reaches NSW it has the potential to bring more than 100mm to the state’s north-west.
For now though, the south-east is still sweltering.
The ABC reports that several major centres are forecast to see their hottest weather in 12 months including Mildura 43C, Bendigo 38C, Ballarat 36C and Shepparton 40C.
A cool southerly change will rapidly lower temperatures across SA and Victoria overnight Sunday, dropping maximums as much as 16C in 24 hours.
According to the ABC, the change will reach southern NSW through Monday, however hot northerlies will continue further north, leading to another day in the mid to high 30s across Sydney, along with suffocating humidity.
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We could do with a bit of that in the west
Went to Wellington dam for Australia Day water was lowest I’ve seen it could do with a top up