As early as early spring, meteorologists in Australia in the Southern Hemisphere are expecting record-breaking heat. Especially in the southeast of the country, values are expected to be well above the norm from the weekend, the broadcaster ABC reported on Thursday, citing the country’s weather service. Sydney has been shrouded in a cloud of smoke for days (see video above).
Temperatures in parts of the region could be up to 16 degrees higher than the September average, weather expert Dean Narramore said.
Accordingly, temperatures are likely to be near 30 degrees in some parts of the states of Victoria and New South Wales, and near 40 degrees in parts of South Australia. Particularly unusual: the heat immediately after the end of winter is likely to last for a whole week.
Anticyclone “just won’t move”
The reason was a strong high-pressure area that developed above the Tasman Sea. Due to a “traffic jam” of other weather systems, this system is only making very slow progress. “It’s not going away, so the sun continues to warm the land day after day,” Narramore explained.
Authorities fear that next spring and summer could also be the most violent bushfire season since the devastating ‘Black Summer’ of 2019-2020. At the time, weeks of fires had destroyed more than twelve million hectares of land. According to the WWF, more than three billion animals have been killed or displaced.
Smoke bell over Sydney
Because heavy rain and flooding have led to dense bush and strong grass growth in large parts of the country over the past three years, vegetation is currently being burned in a controlled manner – for example around Sydney. The city of over a million inhabitants has been under a cloud of smoke for days (see video above), causing particulate matter levels to rise significantly.
According to the Swiss technology company “IQAir”, the metropolis ranked third on Thursday on the list of cities with the most air pollution in the world.
Source: Krone
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