A warm weather system that’s expected to break winter temperature records is moving toward northern and central Australia before it spreads to the southeast.
It will bring warm and sunny weather to the interior of the country as well.
The warm weather will cause temperatures to rise significantly over northern and central Australia over the weekend, culminating in the final full weekend of winter.
Meteorologists predict that Alice Springs will experience high temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius on Friday and Saturday.
The city’s winter temperature record of 35.2 degrees could also be broken.
In South Australia, the town of Coober Pedy is expected to experience temperatures of 33 degrees Celsius on Friday, 34 degrees Celsius on Saturday, and 33 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
Its winter temperature record is 34.3 degrees Celsius.
In the same region, the town of Oodnadatta is expected to experience temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius on both Friday and Saturday.
The city of Adelaide has a winter temperature record of 36.5 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures of up to 25 degrees Celsius are expected to be experienced in Sydney on Sunday.
In Melbourne, the mercury is expected to reach 23 degrees.
Temperatures of around 21 degrees Celsius are expected to be recorded in the city of Hobart and in the capital of Canberra.
Although no official temperature records will be broken due to the weather phenomenon, it will still feel like spring.