Two extreme weather events in #Queensland today:
#Heatwave: Birdsville reached 49.4°C, just 0.1°C less than Qld's highest recorded temp
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/queenslands-2ndhottest-recorded-temperature/1758872
#Cyclone: Category 3 Severe #TCKirrily is now expected to make landfall just north of Townsville around 11 pm . Currently Gusts of more than 170km/hr hitting Whitsunday Islands.
Cyclone has intensified over anomalously warm Coral Sea waters.
#extremeweather
#Heatwave: Birdsville reached 49.4°C, just 0.1°C less than Qld's highest recorded temp
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/queenslands-2ndhottest-recorded-temperature/1758872
#Cyclone: Category 3 Severe #TCKirrily is now expected to make landfall just north of Townsville around 11 pm . Currently Gusts of more than 170km/hr hitting Whitsunday Islands.
Cyclone has intensified over anomalously warm Coral Sea waters.
#extremeweather
Queensland's 2nd-hottest recorded temperature
With Cyclone Kirrily set to make landfall around 11 pm just north of Townsville, and with a heatwave in the diagonally opposite corner of the state, there's no shortage of dangerous weather in and around Queensland this Thursday.www.weatherzone.com.au
