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Boxing Day Test forecast: 41-degree MCG scorcher

16:11 AEDT With the men's cricket Test series between Australia and India locked at 1-1 going into the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, the action was always going to be hot onfield with just two matches remaining in the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series.
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Aussie summer snow two days before Christmas

08:47 AEDT It was almost, but not quite, an Australian white Christmas as snow fell in parts of the Tasmanian, Victorian, and NSW high country on the morning of Monday, December 23.
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Queensland city beats December rainfall record before Christmas

08:25 AEDT A hefty dump of rain through the sunshine state's Herbert and Lower Burdekin district pushed gauges towards their limits on Saturday.
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Relentless rainfall soaking northeast Queensland, more to come

11:05 AEDT Intense rain will continue to soak parts of central and northeast Queensland over the next 24 hours, causing flooding in some areas.
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Severe rainfall deficiency behind Grampians bushfire

18:01 AEDT The bushfire in the Grampians National Park in western Victoria spread from 500 hectares to more than 5000 hectares from Wednesday into Thursday and continues to burn fiercely.
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Perth to extend record for most 40C days in one year

12:07 AEDT An extremely hot air mass will build over Western Australia towards the end of this week, causing Perth to extend its record for the number of days over 40°C in a single year.
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Floods and heatwave hitting Queensland

13:23 AEDT Queensland will experience a contrasting combination of flooding and a heatwave over the next few days as inland heat continues to bake the state’s west and a deep layer of tropical moisture dumps heavy rain in the east.
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Southerly buster charging towards Sydney

13:56 AEDT The extreme heat which baked Victoria and interior parts of the continent on Monday has tracked east, with outer western Sydney currently hotter than anywhere in southern Australia.  Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, could peak at 42°C this Tuesday afternoon, making it the first 40-degree day in the Sydney region in the latter half of 2024 (it hit 39.9°C in November).  But relief is coming.
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Victoria soars to 47°C for first time since Black Summer

14:26 AEDT For the first time since the fateful Black Summer, the mercury has reached 47°C in Victoria, as an intense heatwave bakes large parts of eastern Australia including a big chunk of our southernmost mainland state.
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Brisbane Test forecast: could Australia get lucky with the Gabba weather?

11:59 AEDT Australia now has two opponents for the remaining three days of the third men's cricket Test against India at The Gabba in Brisbane.
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Huge heatwave about to bake Australia

17:03 AEDT A severe to extreme heatwave will hit several Australian states and territories from this weekend into next week, sending temperatures soaring to the mid to high forties in places.
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Victoria's first 45°C in four years on the horizon

13:54 AEDT An intense burst of heat will hit Victoria this weekend and early next week, with temperatures reaching up to 45°C for the first time in four years.
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40°C on the horizon for Melbourne and Adelaide

13:49 AEDT It's going to be an uncomfortably sweaty end to the week for southern capital cities, with maximum temperatures set to reach 14 to 16°C above the December average.
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Third cricket Test forecast: muggy with chance of Saturday storms

11:27 AEDT The third men's cricket Test between Australia and India starts at the Gabba this Saturday, December 14, and it'll be muggy out there.
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10.1 million lightning strikes in one electrifying week

17:51 AEDT Australia was lit up like the proverbial Christmas Tree last week, with an incredible 10.1 million lightning strikes across the country up until midnight on Sunday.
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Australia's tropical cyclone risk increasing before Christmas

14:17 AEDT Abnormally warm ocean temperatures to the northwest of Australia will energise a swarm of tropical lows in the next couple of weeks, increasing the risk of tropical cyclone development before Christmas.
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High humidity fuels heavy rain and storms in NSW

16:10 AEDT Oppressive humidity can be found across much of New South Wales today, and this excessive moisture will be harnessed to produce heavy rainfall and thunderstorms for the rest of the day.
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Coastal upwelling shrouds Sydney coast with sea fog

10:52 AEDT A tongue of cool water sitting near the NSW coast shrouded parts of Sydney and the Central Coast with thick sea fog on Friday morning.
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Two tropical cyclones could form near Australia next week

13:05 AEDT A pair of tropical cyclones may form to the northwest of Australia next week, with the potential for one to come close to the Pilbara and Kimberley coasts.
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Soupy atmosphere fuels further widespread storms

16:55 AEDT Widespread showers and storms will continue across a broad area of Australia in coming days due to an extremely moist airmass that is in no hurry to go anywhere.
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Yet another round of heat to scorch southeastern Australia

13:43 AEDT Summer is officially here, with the mercury will soar into the low 40s across parts of southeastern Australia, including several capital cities.
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Boxing Day Test forecast: 41-degree MCG scorcher

16:11 AEDT With the men's cricket Test series between Australia and India locked at 1-1 going into the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, the action was always going to be hot onfield with just two matches remaining in the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series.