The climb in temperatures is due to northerly winds being generated by a high pressure system sitting off the east coast of Australia. Unfortunately it won't be surprising to see severe bushfires in the coming days in South Australia, Victoria and inland New South Wales as a result of the soaring temperatures.
Similar conditions were already seen in Perth during the weekend. Perth Metro's weather station on Saturday saw a top of 43.3C and Sunday reached 41.0C. 43.3C was the hottest January temperature measured at the station since records began in 1994. It was also the highest temperature since December 26 2007 when it reached 44.2C. A bushfire claimed one man's life yesterday 25km west of the city.
Typically Sydney escapes the heat seen in Adelaide and Melbourne during these events thanks to its location, which avoids hot inland northerly winds, and this time will be no different. Temperatures there are only predicted to reach 28C and 29C during the next few days. I highly doubt anybody would complain about that though considering there'll only be sun, sun and just a little bit more sun.
Meanwhile in Jyväskylä, the big winter jacket has finally made an appearance. Locations throughout Finland are seeing more typical winter conditions at last. Temperatures in Jyväskylä dropped below -15C in the last hour for the first time this winter. I've brought back a table I posted about a month ago, this time updated with today's achievement.
The 5 day forecast for Jyväskylä currently shows nothing warmer than -14C and it could drop as low as -20C by tomorrow morning. Locations in the far north have seen it go below -30C in the past 24hrs and even Helsinki and Turku are experiencing temperatures below -10C.
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