Sydney and the heat!?

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cc_of_0z

It will definitely be one of the hottest days, but not necessarily on record.
I once experience a 50 degrees celsius day in WA's northwest. It was so hot that many airconditioners broke down.

Some things to remember:

With everyone in Sydney (and beyond) likely wanting to put the airconditioner on, the power stations are going to be working overtime. Here's some things you might want to try:

1. Draw all the blinds/ curtains in the house closed. This stops heat coming in through the windows and keeps your home cooler.

2. If you have ceiling fans (or large floor fans) as well as air conditioning, then put the airconditioner on a about an hour. After that turn it of, and let the fans recirculate the air around the house. You will save a ton in power bills with the same cooling effect. My Mum used to do this all the time in the tropical Northwest.

3. Switch to lighter, breezier clothing. Forget T-shirts, wear anything thats loose fitting and made from 100% cotton. Polyester is also good (not good in a fire though) as it will wicker the sweat away from you.

4. Keep well hydrated. My family used to not only keep about 3 bottles of cold water in the refridgerator, they kept the glasses there too. Drinking cold water out of cold glasses is amazingly refreshing.

5. If it all gets too much - head down to the mall or see a Movie. They have backup power and you can feel cool while shopping or being entertained during the heat of the day. Best of all, you don't have to pay the power bill.

Aussie Babe

Adelaide's been hotter for longer :P We win!!

They had a temp gauge on one of the beaches which said it was 55 degrees, what the?? It's crazy. And yet QLD is flooding.

mel s

mann, this weather sucks, melbourne isn't much better. There are bush fires left, right and centre.

Tam

Here in Adelaide it's been above 38 degrees for over 10 days. This weather is awful. Today it's 43 degrees :(

Dan

I've heard this morning it is predicted to be 33 on the coast and 47 in the west tomorrow.

Humans, from memory from my Biology class can only last up to 50 degrees.

Climate change is really here. This is the proof. It wasn't like this in the previous years and it wouldn't just turn like this all of a sudden either. Unless something is done, we will all eventually find out what happens the hard way. It may sound scary but it's a fact.

AussieGIRLâ™¥

I live in Victoria and its gonna be 43 tomorrow.
The week before I got up to 45... was so hot!!

Get used to the weather tho,
its gonna become normal after a few years haha.

I Live In Paradise

yes it is true - one of the hottest ever recorded

extremely dangerous for the elderly and babies

get up the fluids and stay out of the heat

if sick call 000 for an ambulance quickly

Irrevocably in â™¥ with Twilight

Sorry its true!

I live in perth and the hottest we have had it is 46.3 and i wanted to DIE from that!

ALEX

Wow 41 today? Sucks to be you lol it was 33 here at the beach yeah you must be further west.

Yeah apparently it's supposed to be REALLY hot on sunday. I just say on the news that it was predicted 45 out west. The hottest day I remember is that new years day a couple of years ago. I was at my friends house...recovering... and she didn't have air con and I thought i was dying.

Obviously I'll be laying in my pool all day

Billet -Doux

hold up!!!
49...?
allow me to double check this

BOM says it's going to reach 44 but there's a small chance it will exceed those temperatures

looks like I'm ditching my english essay and going swimming all weekend instead

Mel

Sunday is predicted to be low - mid 30s on the coast with mid 40s in the west. High 40s inland. 34C in Sydney and 31 at my place. On http://ninemsn.com.au/ you can enter your postcode for a weather guide.

Luckily, where I live in Wollongong seems to be pretty much the coolest place in Australia, we've still had late 20s and about 30 today but still a few below everywhere else. I don't know why but I'm not complaining. Actually, I am complaining, it's still to bloody hot.

Thank goodness, later Sunday we will have a cool southerly change which will drop temps to low 20s. I think we're gonna be freezing in the low 20s after such a hot few weeks.

Marty

http://weather.smh.com.au/local.jsp
this says 34ÂºC
although in western NSW it will be the hottest place in the world

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