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Sydney is set for more potentially record-breaking heat on the day of the NRL Grand Final on Sunday, as a mass of searing air sweeps in from the west.
Temperatures at Olympic Park could still hover at about 30 degrees when the Penrith Panthers and Brisbane Broncos kick off at 7.30pm, Weatherzone reported.
It’s due to a mass of hot air building over central and western Australia – particularly in the national “heat engine”.
This will move towards the east coast on the weekend, bringing what Weatherzone described as “several days of abnormally hot weather” in early October.
On Sunday, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a maximum of 35 degrees for central Sydney, up from a maximum of 26 degrees the day before.
But parts of western Sydney could see temperatures rise higher, with Weatherzone forecasting potential tops of 38 degrees by next Tuesday.
“If any Greater Sydney weather station exceeds 37.3 (degrees) in the first three days of October, it will be the Sydney Basin’s highest temperature on record this early in spring,” the weather reporting service said.
Sydney’s CBD will break the same record if temperatures top 34.6 degrees on Sunday.
