Queensland weather: Heatwave soars amid weather ‘anomaly’
Soaring humidity is adding to the extreme heatwave affecting a vast portion of Queensland, as temperatures are again set to climb well into the 40s in places, and there’s no respite for the weekend.
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High temperatures are expected to continue into the weekend over southeast, central and northern Queensland, with maximum temperatures continuing to hit the high 30s to low 40s.
Brisbane, Cloncurry, Charleville, Dalby, Georgetown, Goondiwindi, Longreach, Roma, Stanthorpe and Winton are all predicted to be impacted by the worst of the conditions.
Soaring humidity is adding to the discomfort of high temperatures, with Brisbane’s peak overnight temperature of 25.5C feeling more like 29.6C.
The overnight low in Redlands was 24.4C, which felt like 26.7C, while it was a similar story on the Sunshine and Gold coasts, where minimums of 21.6C and 23.4C see actually felt like 23.5C and 25.7C respectively.
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Morgan Pumpa said Queensland would feel extremely humid on Friday and into the weekend.
“What we’re seeing is called ‘early season anomalies’, it’s getting very hot very early compared to the season of summer,” Ms Pumpa said.
Ms Pumpa said areas of serious heatwave concern were Esk, Gatton, Ipswich and Laidley.
“They’re in the middle of the extreme heatwave,” she said.
Today’s temperatures are expected to rise to 5C to 7C above average for this time of year across the east coast and eastern interior.
Ms Pumpa said the heat was expected to drop on Sunday and into next week.
She warned of severe thunderstorms expected to linger across southeast Queensland on Friday morning and afternoon, with the chance of flash flooding in regional areas.
“Heavy rainfall and flash flooding in a severe storm is a possibility across the Scenic Rim, Darling Downs and the Queensland and New South Wales border,” Ms Pumpa said.
“We encourage residents of these areas to turn on notifications for storm warnings,” she said.
HOTTEST TEMPERATURES AROUND QUEENSLAND
Longreach: 42 on Friday, 44C on Saturday and 43C on Sunday
Ipswich: 38C on Friday, 35C on Saturday and 32C on Sunday
Gayndah: 39C on Friday, 39C on Saturday and 36C on Sunday
Isisford: 41C on Friday, 42C on Saturday and 40C on Sunday
Esk: 38C on Friday, 36C on Saturday and 34C on Sunday
Century Mine: 36.6C on Friday
Laidley: 38C on Friday and 37C on Saturday.
Goondiwindi: 36C on Friday, 38C on Saturday and 36C on Sunday
Mount Surprise: 41C on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Charters Towers: 36.5C on Friday
Lochington; 32.7C on Friday
Mount Julius: 33.7C on Friday
Cloncurry: 32.2C on Friday
Charleville: 31.5C on Friday
Mitchell: 33.7C on Friday
Brisbane: 33C on Friday, 32C on Saturday and 30C on Sunday
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