Both Sydney and Jyväskylä have seen a return to fairly normal temperatures since the start of the week. After a few cool days over the weekend in Sydney, summery weather is back. It's the same but different for Jyväskylä. A relatively warm weekend made way for a cooler start to the week.
Temperatures topped 30C at Sydney Airport today for the first time since January 18. It hit 30.9C at 3:22pm. The daily minimum of 20.8C was also the highest since January 17. Reasonably strong northerly winds have been around for the past few days along with the warmer weather. Yesterday saw a strongest gust of 65km/h, the strongest since January 15.
Residents on Queensland's Central and North Coast are awaiting more information about a potential cyclone that will impact on Friday morning. A tropical low has been building in the Coral Sea for the past couple of days and currently it is predicted to briefly intensify to a Category 1 cyclone before crossing the coast near Ayr, south of Townsville. It should then weaken as it moves inland. Even if the storm remains a tropical low, strong winds up to 120km/h and storm tides can be expected along the coast between Cairns and Mackay. This would be Queensland's first cyclone of the season.
After a few relatively warm days in Jyväskylä, temperatures dropped back down below -20C this morning to -21.8C. Saturday's -5.9C was the warmest since the initial drop to colder temperatures on January 10, but today has only reached a high of -11.7C. Clear skies have also returned. Even with the additional cloudiness since last Friday, there was hardly any precipitation and the snow depth at Jyväskylä Airport is still only measuring 6cm. Jyväskylä may see snow this Saturday, but otherwise the depth doesn't look like it will be increasing much in the near future.
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