Are you ready for a Perth scorcher?
Perth will hit temperatures of 40C + this weekend, as a massive heat waves moves across Australia.
Sunday Perth is forecast to top 40C and Saturday 38C, with many parts of the city and regional WA set to exceed the tops.
Perth Heatwave: Here’s what WA surface temperatures will look like around 2pm Sunday afternoon.
The BOM spokesperson:
“Right now there’s just a lot of really hot air sitting over the continent and wherever the pattern moves, it shifts the heat. At the moment it’s not really going anywhere, that’s the problem,” Shane Hicks said.
“It’s also been very dry – so no weather and clouds to give that bit of relief. It just gets hotter and hotter … we haven’t really had anything to flush away the heat either – no rain bands, no tropical cyclones – so all that heat is just sitting there.
“Essentially all our warm areas are going to make their way down a surface trough along the coast of WA, and that’s going to pull all of that heat down to Perth,” he said.
The BOM said that the heat wave conditions in SE Australia are due to a hot airmass that has its origins in #WA.
Cool down in Perth?
On Sunday, Marble Bar set a new Jan record (49.1°C), Norseman a new all time record (46.5°C) and last night Meekatharra set a new night time min record (33°C).
Meanwhile the WA Bureau is keeping an eye on a tropical low developing off the north-west. The weather system is not expected to form into a cyclone at this time.
The Perth forecast for Friday to Monday, when the heatwave starts to come into the city.
Friday 18 January
Summary
Min 15 Max 32 Sunny. Chance of any rain: 0%
Perth area
Sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
Sun protection recommended from 8:10 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]
Saturday 19 January
Summary
Min 20 Max 38 Very hot and sunny.
Perth area
Very hot and sunny. Winds easterly 25 to 35 km/h turning south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.
Sunday 20 January
Summary
Min 24 Max 40 Very hot and sunny. Chance of any rain: 0%
Perth area
Very hot and sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.
Monday 21 January
Summary
Min 21Max 36 Sunny.Chance of any rain: 0%
Perth area
Very hot and sunny. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.
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