Highest sea temperature ever recorded off Sydney.
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More like a heated pool at those temperatures!
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There was an earthquake in the Blue Mountains NSW https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2024ettidu
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they said Perthâs winter was going to be hotter and drier last season, but it was the opposite it was quite wet
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The forecast hot temperature in Melbourne has claimed the first major scalp: Mondayâs Moomba parade has been cancelled. Lord Mayor Sally Capp said in a statement:
In response to the severe heatwave alert, unfortunately, Mondayâs Moomba Parade will not go ahead to ensure the safety of performers, spectators and our workers and volunteers.
Unlike other Moomba events where thereâs good access to shade, water and cooling measures, Parade participants are required to spend several hours outdoors in hot, heavy costumes â putting them at greater risk.
This is a very difficult decision, particularly in Moombaâs 70th year â but we must prioritise peopleâs health and safety in these extreme conditions.
Itâs the second time in four years that the parade would not go ahead (the entire festival was cancelled in 2021 due to COVID).
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And not only the hot days, hot nights tooâŚ
Overnight min of 27 in Melbourne tonight, 28 in Adelaide tonight AND tomorrow night⌠ouch.
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Good to see that the BOM still use âoppressive nightâ down in Melbourne whenever a hot northerly blows all night. That description is spot on. The minimum might be 27C but itâs likely to stay above 30 most of the night. You usually get a couple of such nights a season.
In Sydney the Bureau often used âsultryâ in their descriptions of the weather before about the early 2000s, but this is no longer the case, possibly because itâs sultry/muggy most of the time there now.
Overnight heat is the worst. In Bungendore we get more daytime heat than in Melbourne but itâs rarely hot all night. I havenât had a minimum over 19C all season, and during this hot spell it will drop to the mid teens each night.
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Apparently not oppressive here in Geelong as we get a discount of a few degrees on Melbourne:
Still, 31 at 11pm isnât a great deal of fun, even if it comes without the levels of humidity here that I have become used to living in the sub-tropics.
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Whereâs the Humidity? 
What heatwave? Yep, thatâs a minimum of 6.8 degrees for this morning. Even Iâm surprised.
A freezing 23C minimum in Geelong and Melbourne got the 27 as forecast. It was still above 30 until about 0200 in Melbourne.
I actually did wake up overnight feeling cool, had to turn the fan off and cover my feet. Maybe I have truly acclimatised to the heat.
We were at the Pride March on February 4 this year.. which according to the Weather Bureau was the hottest day of the month.
â Allan Raskall (@AllanRaskall) March 10, 2024
The march wasnât cancelled despite the heat.
Tomorrowâs predicted top is 36 degrees.. the Moomba Parade has been cancelled. pic.twitter.com/2c7XgrQ7Ig
He wants to be smart and have a go, but turns off comments to his post 
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there is a potential for a cyclone in WA to develop later this week
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Doesnât sound like the change will last long.
38 again tomorrow.
At least tonight will be more pleasant.
Itâs more a seabreeze that originated somewhere down near Apollo Bay, rather than a genuine S/SW change. Those often blow through Geelong but fail to reach the Melbourne CBD. Itâs also why the SW coast from Portland to Cape Otway is the place to be in conditions like this (or better yet, King Island).
Another cool night here. It actually hasnât topped 30C here during this warm spell so far. Tuesday looks like being the only day that is certain to be above 30.
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Iâm confused. Are you talking about the Melbourne heatwave? You seem to be a long way away from it.
Canberra is also in the midst of a heatwave on the forecast, though itâs a âlow intensityâ one.