Saturday 30th December 8.31a.m. A big blue sky! Wind is Gentle 13 / 14.8kph SE, Hg is 50%, Temp is 21c / 69.4F (feels warmer) headed for 23c / 73F (I'm betting it will go higher) and showers.
Moon is 89% a good time to sprout wheat grass, mung beans, alfalfa and the like.
Scorching temperatures are hitting communities across the east coast of Australia with even hotter conditions and severe storms expected later on Friday and over the weekend.
Much of northern Australia is sweltering through heatwave conditions set to peak in some areas on Saturday and endure into the new year.
On Queensland's coast, many residents will ring in 2024 displaced from ruined homes amid a colossal clean-up in the aftermath of this week's severe storms in the south-east and ex-tropical cyclone Jasper.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) data showed many towns across Queensland sweltering through near-40-degree Celsius (104F) heat at 10am on Friday, with hotter temperatures expected over the weekend for some communities.
On the coast, Brisbane had reached 38.3C at 1:45pm on Friday while the Gold Coast was expecting to hit 33C, but a sea breeze kept temperatures closer to 30C.
Further inland, the mercury rose, with Emerald reaching 36.9C at 1.54pm and Roma topping out at 39.2C at 1.38pm.
In the outback, temperatures were tipped to skyrocket to 47C / 116.6F in Birdsville.