Australian Satellite/Lightning
Australia Satellite Notes
Cloud over WA, SA, the NT, QLD and NSW within a broad region of low pressure is generating areas of showers and thunderstorms. Speckled cloud over TAS in the wake of a cold front is bringing scattered showers. Cloud in the southwest with a front is not currently rain bearing.
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Weather News
Heatwave to scorch Queensland 'well into next week', BOM warns
18:22 EDT
Temperatures will remain above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of central and southern Queensland until at least Wednesday next week, the Bureau of Meterology (BOM) warns.
Extreme heatwave sparks total fire ban in NSW
16:01 EDT
The sort of temperatures that see roads melt and cold taps flowing with boiling water are set to scorch Sydney and northern New South Wales over the next few days with the weather bureau officially forecasting a rare "extreme heatwave".