Total fire bans are in force right across the south of the country with South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania all under state wide bans. Tasmania also has a severe weather warning in place for damaging winds. A gusty south-westerly change is due on the west coast of South Australia this morning and will drop temperatures and increase winds across the far south reaching Melbourne by nightfall.
current national summary
Hot, dry, gusty northerly winds are creating a very warm morning across the southeast. A trough is bringing a cooler change to southern SA. A front is causing light showers in southern WA. Onshore winds on the QLD coast are bringing showers, heaviest in the north.