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Sydney is set for its hottest day of the year so far as multiple states swelter through heatwave conditions with stifling temperatures expected to continue over the coming days.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted temperatures to reach 50 degrees in parts of Western Australia, while areas of New South Wales and South Australia are expected to nudge into the mid-40s.
Sydney, while not as hot, is predicted to reach the mid-30s, which would make it the city's hottest day of the year so far, beating the 30.8 degrees a week and a half ago.
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It comes as Queensland braces for its second tropical cyclone in the space of about a month, with a low-pressure system expected to develop into a cyclone in the Coral Sea either tonight or tomorrow, and likely cross the coast midway through next week.
Extreme to severe heatwaves have been predicted for multiple states over the next three days, expected to hit the western Pilbara and central Western Australia, as well as western inland parts of South Australia.
Temperatures across central and southern Western Australia, southern Northern Territory, central and northern South Australia, parts of northern New South Wales and parts of southern, central and eastern Queensland are expected to receive severe to low-intensity heatwave conditions.
In the Pilbara, temperatures reached 47 degrees on Saturday, more than six degrees above the average January maximum.
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The temperatures are forecast to reach 48 degrees over the next three days.
Australia's highest temperature on record of 50.7 was logged at the Pilbara's Onslow Airport in January 2022.
Extreme heatwave conditions will gradually ease from early next week, while severe heatwave conditions will continue into early next week before easing mid-week.
