Heatwave in SE Australia

[Kingswood]

We're having a decent heat wave in SE Australia. In Adelaide today it got to 42 degrees and Melbourne wasn't far behind with 37. The next four days for Melbourne are forecast to reach or exceed 40 degrees on each of the four days. If it happens, it will be the first time that Melbourne has had four days in a row over 40 degrees since 1908. Adelaide's forecast is similar.

The ABC weather forecast also had a little fun in the seven-day forecast by finding some heat-related words starting with S, so the weather forecast for the next four days was presented as Sweltering, Scorching, Searing and Stifling instead of the more usual Hot, Sunny etc. With the impending heatwave being the major news of the day, not much more needed to be said.

If you're a fan of the tennis, this scorcher of a heat wave is coinciding with the last week of the Australian Open. Fortunately, there's not a lot of matches left and Centre Court has a retractable roof. I suspect that the retractable roof will spend a fair bit of time closed during the next four days.

Another concern with the heat and dryness - Victoria has recorded almost no rain since January 3rd - is the high risk of bushfire. Hot days after dry weather are prime fire weather.