I hope all of our fellow Victorian Media Spyers get through the next 48-72 hours without any real issues.
As a Novocastrian who has been through a few major events of 300ml of rain in 3 days with howling winds and floods, it isn’t much fun…
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After a month of heatwaves and several temperature records for daily records and monthly records across Tasmania in November, the first few days of Summer have brought over a hundred mm of rain to several places and now several cm’s of snow across the state too!
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41 degree sizzler in Melbourne on Saturday 
Feel for the 80,000 odd at the MCG for the derby BBL game.
Hopefully the chilly Port Phillip Bay can warm up a tad in this weeks sun, low 30s on Friday, so everyone can enjoy a soak on Sat 
Yes, I live 5min from beautiful beaches, but I’ll always be jealous of NSW / QLD for… Water temperature
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It’s forecast to be 45 degrees in parts of Sydney’s west on Sunday.
Fortunately for cricketers and spectators on the 4th Day of the final Ashes Test, it will, be a somewhat milder 37 degrees.
Evening southerly change, hopefully early evening.
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From what I notice, Melbourne will only have one extremely hot day, whilst the rest of the week will be quite mild, with temps over the next week (Thursday to Wednesday) being:
26, 29, 41, 22, 24, 23, 25
By comparison, at Penrith in Sydney’s west over the same period:
31, 37, 42, 45, 39, 27, 31
In areas away from the coast, Sydney will stay warm to hot for quite a lengthy period, which combined with high humidity on at least some of the days, is quite unbearable, at least to my liking.
From what I can see so far this summer, Melbourne has been much milder than Sydney on average. Last month, the average minimum-maximum temperature in Sydney CBD was 19.9-27.8°C, whilst out west in Penrith, it was 18.7-33.4°C, and down in Melbourne, it was 15.2-25.0°C.
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Melbourne and Penrith aren’t exactly like-for-like are they?
Western Sydney should always be ignored on a national perspective, often talked about just so they can say ‘we’ve got 40 degrees here’.
Use Sydney’s forecast for fairer comparison I say. No?
Penrith (and other Western Sydney suburbs, particularly those West of the Parramatta River) often gets hotter during the Summer, colder during the Winter and harder hit by severe thunderstorms compared to the city/coastal areas of Sydney!
The local media are well aware of this, which explains why you always hear “currently it’s 23 in the City, 25 in the West” and other instances of including both the City & West weather (including 7 day forecasts, etc.) on Sydney TV and radio.
Brisbane weather forecasts usually give bayside, city, Ipswich and both coasts. It is always noticeable how the ocean-side temps are moderated by the water.
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I’ve never heard of temps being moderated by “the water” as such, here in NSW, it’s the seabreeezes that keep the coastal suburbs cooler.
Inland, whilst its hotter, it’s generally a drier heat, and the sea breeze can feel a bit “sticky” at times. But overall, the coastal areas are still more comfortable.
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In winter - at least in Melbourne - it’s often warmer by the water, places like Frankston and Geelong a degree or two warmer than the city or suburbs like Viewbank or Scoresby.
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The seabreeze is one aspect of the moderating effect of the ocean. There are plenty of sources that will explain the exact details.
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ce-Cr/Climate-Moderator-Water-as-a.html
Liquid water at the surface also can play a significant role in climate moderation. Water takes much longer than air to heat up, and also longer to cool, because it has much higher specific heat. Thus, on hot days, water (oceans, lakes, and rivers) absorbs heat, keeping the air somewhat cooler. When the air gets cool, however, water slowly releases heat to the atmosphere, raising air temperatures. This is why temperatures along coastlines are cooler in summer and warmer in winter relative to inland areas. Temperature vary more the farther inland one travels.
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I feel for you all!
I’m in Mackay (Central Queensland) at the moment, and we’ve just had a heatwave over the last few days. Yesterday hit 37.6°C which was the hottest January day here in 103 years, and boy was it hot!
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Wow, 37.6… and I see the humidity was still over 50% !!
That would have been very uncomfortable.
At least down here when it gets that hot, the humidity usually drops below 20%.
Though with that comes the increased risk of bushfires.
Wow.
But the humidity!
In VIC, it’s that bone dry, hot, northerly wind.
Really hits you for six.
I loathe humidity. Give me a dry heat any day of the week.
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Okay, see you tomorrow 
I’ll be over at 10:30
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Latest is 42 for Melbs tomorrow.
Some burbs 43, other areas of VIC as high as 45.
Potentially hottest day in 2-3 years (42.2 in Jan 2016).
Me tomorrow: 
Some big fire danger ratings / warnings for tomorrow too (change set for ~5pm, squally, hottest part of day).
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