Bureau of Meteorology: Extreme fire dangers for South Australia and Victoria

The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of extreme fire dangers in South Australia and Victoria.

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00:00Extreme fire dangers are forecast for parts of South Australia and Victoria

00:04today and that's thanks to a combination of hot, dry and windy conditions. So

00:09extreme fire dangers are forecast through eastern South Australia and

00:12western and central Victoria. That does include the Mount Lofty Ranges and the

00:17Melbourne metropolitan area as well as a hilly bushy terrain to the north of

00:21Melbourne. So what that means is if you live in these areas or know someone that

00:25does, a combination of hot, dry, windy conditions and dry lightning means that

00:31if fires do get started they'll be uncontrollable and uncontainable and

00:35lead to dangerous and erratic fire behaviour. So please if you live in these

00:40areas or know someone that does, particularly in grassy or heavily

00:43wooded areas, make sure you stay up to date the latest forecast and warnings

00:46and listen to all and any advice from emergency services. So these hot, dry,

00:51windy conditions also leading to temperatures well above average for this

00:55time of year and we can see that now on the chart with temperatures getting to

00:59the low to mid 40s so much of inland Australia but also down into parts of

01:03Victoria and southern Victoria as well. As we move into the early afternoon

01:07hours, cool change will have moved through Adelaide and southern parts of

01:11South Australia and be moving into western and southwestern parts of

01:15Victoria but ahead of that these hot, dry and northerly winds are likely to lead

01:19to temperatures 12 to 14 degrees above average for this time of year and dry

01:23lightning also likely to develop on and ahead of the change. Then as we move into

01:28the afternoon hours we'll see that cool change moving through the southwest

01:31coast and Geelong area and deeper into western parts of Victoria then likely to

01:36move through the Melbourne area sometime around 6 or 7 p.m. and big drops in

01:41temperatures as well. We could see temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees as

01:45that change moves through as well as a really strong and gusty west to

01:49southwesterly change. Notice the temperatures really dropping along our

01:52coastal areas. Then as we move into Monday night and Tuesday morning we'll

01:56see much cooler conditions through parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania

02:00and then the heat will focus through New South Wales on Tuesday and then we've

02:04got a really strong southerly buster moving up the coast. Sydney looking at

02:07temperatures in the mid 30s, low 40s for western suburbs. Canberra also looking

02:11hot and temperatures through much of the inland into the high 30s to low 40s and

02:16then in the afternoon we'll see that change push through the Sydney area and

02:19along the central coast of New South Wales. But severe storms are also likely

02:24for much of eastern and northern New South Wales on Tuesday with large hail,

02:28damaging winds and heavy rainfall all possible. So a fair bit of weather

02:32coming on for southeastern parts of the country so make sure you stay up to date

02:36with the latest forecasts and warnings via our website, app and social media and

02:39listen to all and any advice from your local emergency services.