A STRONG high over the Tasman Sea may be sending wet weather into the east, but southern Australia is feeling the heat as the high forces warm northerlies south.
Parts of Western Australia and South Australia enjoyed the warmest temperatures so far this year as maximums soared above 30 degrees even before midday yesterday.
Eucla had reached 30 degrees by 10am, which would have already made it their warmest day since April, but the temperature continued to climb into the mid-thirties.
These dry, warm northerly winds are now freshening ahead of a front, which is slipping through the southwest. These conditions are creating some of the highest fire dangers in months.
In Forrest, the winds have been gusting to around 55km/h with the temperature reaching into the low thirties. The resulting fire danger has become severe, their highest level in six months.
This warm weather will be short lived though as the front progresses along the south coast. This means temperatures today will stay as much as 10 to 15 degrees cooler, with the chance for a few showers and storms.
Perth saw that cooler change yesterday morning, which brought their first rainfall since early September.
