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Bureau of Meteorology, Rural Fire Service provide update on heatwave conditions
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Dean Narramore spoke with ABC News Breakfast earlier to provide an update on the heatwave conditions across the country.
It’s the first big burst of heat of summer and for some, it’s probably the hottest temperatures we have seen since the terrible Black Summer of 2020. Five years in some areas.
So hot, dry windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms this afternoon with some gusty winds definitely [are] a fire concern.
The grass is still greener than we would typically see, but it’s not going to take much until we start to see dangerous fire conditions … It now looks like we’re banking up heatwaves or high fire danger for a number of days. That’s going to prove problematic, especially as we approach Christmas as well, and we start to see people travelling around the state and potentially entering high risk areas.
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