BOM warns a heatwave is on the way in lead-up to summer.
Author: ABC News Date Posted:25 November 2020
It is still a few days out from the official start of summer, but the heat is set to ramp up this week and residents are being urged to heed health warnings.
Swathes of the country face severe heatwave conditions and this will not be a one-day affair.Severe heatwave conditions are set to stretch across the continent — from north-west to the south-east — as heat is drawn down from the centre.
To hit the official criteria for a heatwave, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) requires "three days or more of high maximum and minimum temperatures that are unusual for that location" — the heat is expected to hang around all the way into next week.
Key points:
- Much of the country is forecast to experience heatwave conditions for the rest of the week
- Adelaide is expected to have consecutive 40C days; inland SA is tipped to hit 47C
- Check in on your elderly neighbours and relatives and others vulnerable to extreme heat.
