Reached 33C here. Clouded over so hoping we don’t get any higher. The cloud has lightened the winds, and given a few spots.
Drove up from Walkerville about 1pm and the Bunyip for was huge. Whole eastern sky full with burning. Looked to be well into farm land and rural living areas which will make it very bad for asset loss.
Another terrible fire near Lincola which has put out a pyrcumulonimus with top above 8km. That’s now producing lightning
That makes four large fires all with emergency warnings out for areas east of Melbourne.
Btw Dover came on at 40.1C so the furtherest south we’ve ever seen 40C OZ. There’s only islands further south before you hit the Antarctic