BoM meteorologist says Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales will be generally dry and ‘fingers crossed it stays like this’
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Christmas Day should be calm and settled across much of Australia – on the weather front, at least – according to the weather bureau’s first look at the festive forecast.
Senior meteorologist Sarah Scully, from the Bureau of Meteorology, said a band of high pressure on Christmas Day would bring generally dry and settled conditions to south-eastern Australia, mild temperatures for west and south-west Western Australia, and typically hot and stormy weather in the north.
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Sydney – mininum 18C, maximum 28. Cloud clearing. Light winds becoming easterly 15-25km/h during the day.
Melbourne – min 14C, max 28. Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming south to south-easterly 15-20km/h during the day.
Adelaide – min 16C, max 35. Sunny. Winds easterly 15 to 20 km/h tending north-west to north-easterly 15-25 km/h during the morning.
Hobart – min 13C, max 23. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds westerly 15-20km/h shifting south-easterly during the day.
Canberra – min 9C, max 33. Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming north to north-westerly 15-20km/h during the day.
Darwin – min 26C, max 34. Possible shower or storm.
Brisbane – min 20C, max 29. Light winds becoming east to south-easterly 15-20km/h during the morning.
Perth – min 15C, max 25. Cloud increasing.
