SYDNEY, Feb 4 (NNN-AAP) – While a cold snap has brought summer snow to parts of south-east Australia, people in the state of Queensland are sweltering through heatwaves.
In a statement released yesterday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), forecasted mixed and extreme weather conditions across the country.
A strong cold front associated with a deep low-pressure system, swept across much of south-east Australia, bringing a burst of cold air as well as showers, localised hail, thunder, and strong gusty winds.
There was snow overnight in the Alpine areas of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, and snow showers will likely continue in these areas, said the bureau, adding that, south-east Australia will also see maximum temperatures are as much as 10-16 degrees Celsius below average for Feb.
Meanwhile, heatwave conditions continue in eastern Queensland, with a severe heatwave warning current for areas south of Proserpine. Conditions will begin to ease from tomorrow.
Before 9:00 a.m. local time, this morning, the temperature in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, already cracked 30 degrees Celsius.
The BOM noted that, as hot and gusty winds will move over north-east NSW and south-east Queensland, temperatures are likely to hit the high 30 degrees Celsius to low 40 degrees today, which could result in elevated fire dangers and heatwave conditions.
In NSW, extreme weather events triggered multiple warnings of marine wind, severe thunderstorms, floods, and fire dangers in snowy mountain districts.– NNN-AAP
