Much of Victoria sweltered through extreme heat today, with a statewide total fire ban in place along with health alerts. Much of the northwest including Mildura and Horsham reached temperatures around 47˚C, while Melbourne's temperature soared to 44˚C.
Smoke from the New South Wales bushfires and the Gippsland fires – in Victoria's south-east has made its way towards our City, covering the sky and giving Melbourne a taste of the conditions that have been choking Sydney. Smoke extended over Victoria this morning and into the afternoon reducing visibility to about 1km in places.
The sunset was suitably fiery and the heat is persisting into the night, although a cool change was predicted, with a maximum around 22˚C tomorrow.
This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.
Beautiful. Sad, as to why its so beautiful though.
ReplyDeleteWow, I hope Australia gets relief soon.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful but tragic skies.
ReplyDeleteSo sad, so stunning, how can beauty be so terrible? Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteOh how beautiful . , again and again!
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