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'Flirt with 40C': Sydney braces for record heat and fire danger
A powerful front and offshore low will cause gale-force winds and record October heat up to 16°C above average, elevating bushfire risk across south-east Australia.
- On Wednesday, a hot mass of air from the Pilbara will hit Sydney, New South Wales, bringing a scorching day with high winds and extreme fire danger.
- Two weather systems are interacting to produce extreme heat and storms as a hot inland air mass and an intense low-pressure system near the Victorian coastline combine, after a sudden Antarctic stratospheric warming last month.
- Forecast models show gusts up to about 125 kilometres per hour as the offshore low‑pressure system deepens below 985hPa with gusts over 100 kilometres per hour at Bombala.
- Strong winds are expected to cause downed trees and power outages across affected regions, with planned outages by Ausgrid impacting hundreds and an unplanned outage hitting 437 homes in Terrigal.
- Sydney’s long‑run temperature trends underscore the broader climate context as the National Climate Risk Assessment warns heat‑related deaths could rise 444 per cent if warming hits 3 degrees.
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