Hot conditions for Australia, storms for parts of the north

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Severe storms may be returning to parts of the coastline around NSW and Western Australia.

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00:00Hello, Miriam at the Bureau with your national weather forecast for tomorrow,

00:03Wednesday the 22nd of January. Let's start as always by taking a look at tomorrow's weather

00:08map. Now across Australia tomorrow we can see an extensive trough of low pressure,

00:13this blue dashed line that extends from Western Australia through parts of the Northern Territory

00:18into parts of Queensland and down into New South Wales as well. To the north of that trough we are

00:23seeing more humid conditions, isolated showers and thunderstorms. To the south of that trough

00:28we've got a high pressure system over the Bight which is helping to reinforce drier air moving up

00:33across southern parts of the continent. It will be hot across Australia tomorrow however, particularly

00:39through Western Australia and Queensland, but we do have a bit of a cooler change moving through

00:44the southeast likely to push up the New South Wales coast on Wednesday. Let's take a closer

00:49look at all of that now starting with Queensland. So the main story for Queensland tomorrow is that

00:54building heat. We're seeing very hot conditions across western, central and southern parts of the

00:59state, severe heat waves impacting many areas including parts of the southeast. We are still

01:05seeing isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms across northern and eastern

01:10parts of Queensland tomorrow with the risk of some severe storms between Rockhampton and the Sunshine

01:16Coast potentially bringing damaging wind gusts and large hail during tomorrow afternoon and evening.

01:21For Brisbane it will be a warm night and then a warm day to follow with a top of 36 degrees.

01:26Down in New South Wales the cool change will be moving up the coast during Wednesday. It's likely

01:31to reach Sydney during the afternoon bringing about a gusty temperature drop of 7 to 15 degrees

01:37for some of those eastern areas. We may also see some showers and thunderstorms across eastern parts

01:44of the state, particularly intense as that change moves through. It will be hot ahead of this cold

01:50change however, particularly across those northern and northeastern parts of New South Wales. For

01:55Sydney we're heading for a top of 33 degrees with a possible late shower. In Canberra also a top of 33.

02:03Down in Victoria we're looking at partly cloudy skies in the south with a few morning showers

02:07which should clear away later in the day. It'll be warmer and drier further inland. Melbourne is

02:12heading for a top of 21 degrees with a morning shower or two clearing later on. Down in Tasmania

02:19we are going to see a few showers moving through during the morning, mostly about western parts of

02:23the state, but again they will start to dry out later in the day. It will be cooler west to

02:29southwesterly flow through tomorrow with Hobart heading for a top of 18 degrees. For South Australia

02:35partly cloudy about the southern coast with a few patchy showers in the southeast and about parts of

02:40the Mount Lofty Ranges, but these will dry out later in the day. Hotter and drier conditions

02:46inland with some heatwaves ongoing across northern parts of the state. For Adelaide we're heading for

02:52a mild top of 28 degrees. In Western Australia heat remains the main story with severe to locally

02:59extreme heatwave conditions across much of central and southern Western Australia. Temperatures once

03:04again reaching the high 30s to low 40s for many areas. We are possibly also going to see a few

03:10showers or isolated storms pushing down the west coast, delivering not too much rainfall however.

03:17We could see some dry lightning across parts of the west coast as well which could pose a new fire

03:23risk. It is also worth remembering that we do still have some flood watches and flood warnings

03:28current for parts of the Pilbara in the wake of tropical cyclone Sean. Moving up to the northern

03:34territory we are going to see some showers and thunderstorms persisting across those northern

03:39parts of the territory and across northern parts of Western Australia too. They may extend as far

03:44south as the Barkley and Tanami districts, but the rainfall totals will really dry out the further

03:50inland we go with much drier conditions across those southern parts of the territory. For Darwin

03:55tomorrow we're heading for a top of 32 degrees. Now you can find the detailed forecast for your

04:00area via the Bureau's website, the BOM Weather App and via our social media. Have a good night and

04:05we'll catch you next time.

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