After experiencing the nation’s coldest nights of the year, millions of Aussies in two major cities are about to experience “unseasonal” autumn weather over the coming days.
From Tuesday, Adelaide, Melbourne and southeastern parts of the nation will have a run of warm, sunny days with temperatures ranging from the mid to high 20s, according to Weatherzone.
The warm weather is expected to push down as far as Hobart, with Friday expected to reach a maximum of 25C – some 8C above the April average.
Meteorologist Anthony Sharwood said the unusual autumn warm spell across the southern coast was being helped by a low over Tasmania that drifted east to New Zealand, pushing cold southerlies towards the NSW coastline.
On the other side of the nation, a cold front in Western Australia brought showers and led to temperatures dropping, but northerlies circulating around a high in the middle was dragging warm air south from Australia’s centre.
“Dry conditions can be expected to accompany the warmth for the rest of the working week in most of the areas mentioned,” Mr Sharwood said.
The bureau has forecast dry and sunny conditions across most of the nation over Wednesday, but light rain may be felt within kilometres of the Queensland coastline between the Whitsundays and Surfers Paradise, with more rain around the tropical north.
Meteorologist Angus Hines said conditions would be cooler across NSW with cloud cover from Wollongong to Tweed Heads and some rain from the Mid North Coast to the Northern Rivers.
Temperatures will hover around the low to mid 20s.
Above-average temperatures across Victoria and Tasmania will bring warmer nights and days for this time of year, but Mr Hines warned rain was expected to hit Tasmania’s west coast from Wednesday afternoon and could push through the rest of the state.
Warm conditions in South Australia will see temperatures rise to the high 20s to low 30s across the sate.
“It will be sunny and bright absolutely everywhere,” Mr Hines said.
Western Australia will also have a sunny and settled day before another cold front is expected to hit the south west on Thursday.
It will be dry in the Top End on Wednesday, but Mr Hines warned more days of elevated humidity, showers and thunderstorms were possible.
“We could see some wet weather, and late season rainfall for the Top End, but it is really restricted to the far north,” he said.
“Anyone south of Katherine or Kununurra should be dry and sunny.”
