Sounds like you should have grabbed a beer, the laptop and sat outside. 34 is not very hot if it's a dry heat as anyone form Perth will tell you. 34 here when it's humid is a sweatshop.

Imagine the shock and horror of a few hot days  just before summer!

funny how cool temperatures are 'just weather, not climate', but a few hot days are  'proof' of global warming.

longweekend58 wrote on Nov 25^th, 2016 at 11:40am:




True, but a lot of the deniers use the same line of argument. I've heard Alan Jones, say it was under 5 degrees in Sydney mornings in November therefore climate change is a crock.

THE heatwave affecting much of Queensland and NSW is hanging around but forecasters have said a series of weather fronts will bring a “seesaw” of unstable and sticky conditions with sunshine punctuated by thunderstorms.
Western suburbs of both Brisbane and Sydney could get in to the mid to high 30s as the week progresses.

Further south, Victoria and Tasmania are again likely to be spared the above average temperatures and stifling humidity but Perth could break the 30C barrier towards the end of the week.

Birdsville, in south west Queensland, reached 46C on the weekend. Even with moderating sea breezes, temperatures in Brisbane were still stuck stubbornly above average.

Brisbane City Council was criticised on Sunday, reported the Courier Mail, after it sent 133,000 residents, who had signed up to an early weather warning service, information about a storm when most of the cells had already passed through and a full three hours following the Bureau of Meteorology releasing 16 severe weather warnings.

The forecast for Monday afternoon shows the heatwave lingering over southern Queensland and northern NSW. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology.

The bureau has said the heatwave conditions are set to remain at least until Thursday.
“There’s a really stagnant hot air mess remaining over Queensland until the end of the week,” forecaster Annabelle Ford told news.com.au.

A “severe” heatwave could scrape the south east coast with warnings for vulnerable people, including the young, elderly and mums-to-be, to stay hydrated and out of the heat.

Brisbane will be sunny with highs bobbing around 31C all week, while Ipswich will reach 35C on Monday and as high as 37C on Wednesday.
Further inland an “extreme” heatwave is predicted which could compromise infrastructure and adversely affect even the healthy.
Longreach and Roma are unlikely to fall below 40C until at least Thursday with both reaching 42C on Tuesday.
But some respite is on the horizon.
Beachgoers cool down at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Picture: AAP
Beachgoers cool down at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Picture: AAPSource:AAP
“A southerly change is coming through and that will reach south east Queensland on Friday and after that it will be cooler,” Ms Ford said.
The change could be heralded by a series of storms caused by warm and moist air. “It will be a bit more unstable in the latter part of the week,” she said.
That instability is already apparent in NSW with rains passing through Sydney this morning and possible storms predicted on Monday afternoon.
While concentrated on Queensland, the severe heatwave still covers much of northern NSW and a finger of above average hot conditions is stretching as far south as the Murray.
Sydney is expected to reach at least 30C on Monday, well above the seasonal average for December of 25C. Penrith, in the city’s west, will get to at least 34C twice this week including on Monday.
The heatwave is lingering on Australia’s east coast. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology
The heatwave is lingering on Australia’s east coast. Picture: Bureau of MeteorologySource:Supplied
Moree, in the state’s north, will be stuck around 40C on Monday and Tuesday.
“A broad trough of low pressure affecting the region is feeding off moist air coming off the Coral Sea generating unstable conditions across much of NSW,” bureau forecaster Zach Porter told news.com.au.

Sporadic showers are likely until Wednesday with nightly highs of around 20C meaning it’s a fans on, covers off kind of week. Along the costal strip, high humidity levels are already making it sticky.

A series of weather fronts passing through the state will see temperatures fall back to average before rocketing up again, he said.

Humidity is particularly high in coastal read of NSW. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology.

“A southerly change will be coming to the (South Coast of NSW) this afternoon, reaching Sydney this evening and further north on Tuesday but it looks like it might weaken Tuesday evening,” Mr Porter said.

“Following that, another southerly on Wednesday will likely reach all the way up the coast.”

The consecutive systems will bring highs down to 27C on Tuesday and 24C on Wednesday.

But the cooling southerlies will then be blasted out of the way by a wind change midweek sucking the hot air from Central Australia to the east coast taking the mercury up to 30C on Thursday.

“It’s a seesaw of temperatures this time of year,” said Mr Porter.

“Winds from the west will bring more heat but that will be ahead of a cold change that will bring temperatures down to average on the weekend.”

Melbourne will see a high of 21C on Monday, rising to 25C on Wednesday with settled conditions. Perth will be sunny and 24C reaching 31C on Thursday.

Adelaide will hover around 25C before brushing 30C midweek.