Its starting to get hot here in Australia, extremely hot, despite the fact that it hasnt even reached summer yet. Here, in Woomera we already broke a
record with 16 consecutive days over 35 degrees celsius (95F), with 15 of those over 37 degrees celsius (98.6F). Five of those in a row were over 40
degrees celsius (104F), with the peak coming at 44.1 (111.4F) last sunday.
Today forecasts in South Australia, are varying from 37 degrees in the Adelaide hills, to 47 degrees (116.6F) in the north west pastoral regions.
Along with this, are winds in excess of 60km/h. Combine that with the risk of thunderstorms tonight and we have the perfect weather for bushfires.
Im hoping that these conditions dont extend into Victoria and NSW over the next few days. Last time this happned hundreds of people lost their lives
and thousands lost their homes, over weeks of firestorms.
Unfortunantly, thes conditions are forecast to extend further east of us here in South Australia, and their are already bushfires being monitored in
central Queensland.
Will continue to update this thread if conditions persist and become increasingly worse. So any Australians living in these bushfire prone areas,
please be extremely cautious
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