Perth is expected to be lashed by rain, with heavy falls and hail possible on Thursday, while parts of South Australia will be battered by winds of up to 120km/h.
Sydney experienced its warmest July on record – and the warm conditions are set to continue with most days this week set to be above 20 degrees While it is still Winter in Sydney, many residents will flock to the beach over the next week, with the city climbing to a top of 26 degrees on Sunday Over in South Australia, Tuesday and Wednesday are shaping up to be windy, with Kangaroo Island to be the hardest hit as wind gusts of 120km/h are expected.
Weatherzone senior meteorologist Jacob Cronje told Daily Mail Australia a strong cold front will bring showers to southern parts of the nation.
Mr Cronje said most of the remainder of the country will be dry, with a majority of parts looking at warm days and cold nights.
Most parts of Sydney experienced less than 20 per cent of their typical July rainfall totals, the Bureau of Meteorology said While Sydney experiences a record run of warm and dry conditions, parts of southern Australia are in for wet and windy conditions over the next week The run of warm weather for Sydney comes as the city experienced a July which was warmer than normal, with New South Wales enduring a devastating drought.
Pictured, a map which shows rainfall across the state in July Australia as a whole also experienced the warmest and driest July in 20 years ‘Dry conditions were experienced across the region with most sites recording less than 20 per cent of their typical July totals.’
‘It was the fifth-driest July on record and driest since 2002 for New South Wales as a whole,’ BOM’s July climate summary said.
From May 1 to July 31, NSW experienced 50-100 mm of rainfall while inland Australia only had 2-10mm of rainfall The map shows which areas experienced their lowest rainfall on record compared to the highest on record ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes heatwave expert Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick said Australians should be expecting extreme weather …
Sunny although windy.
Sunny day.