Southern Australia is set to swelter through a week-long heatwave as temperatures soar passed 40 degrees Celsius on Boxing Day.
For NSW, the far west will hit 40C by Boxing Day, but the hottest air will not reach central and eastern districts until the 29th or 30th.
There's no guarantee Sydney will reach 32C next week due to afternoon sea breezes, however there is a good chance the thermometer will crack 30C for the first time since February.While the risk of major bushfires is still relatively low after the wet spring, the situation is reversed for grasslands which only take a few weeks of dry weather to become highly combustible.
Elevated fire dangers are also likely in Victoria, especially for grassland regions north of the ranges. According to Doctors for Environment Australia the heatwave preceding the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 killed more than double the number of people than the actual fires.
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