After a cool start to December, it will actually begin to feel like summer from today.
The mercury is set to rise to 37 degrees today in Ipswich with a steamy 36 degrees at Gatton and Boonah as heatwave conditions hit large parts of the state.
It’s expected to be event hotter on Thursday with a top of 38 degrees.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Peter Markworth says summer has well and truly arrived but cooler conditions will set in towards the weekend.
“Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday that timeframe some parts just north of Brisbane expecting severe heatwave conditions,” he says.
“As we go forward however we can see a lot of that heat is consolidating in the north whereas we are expecting cooler conditions across the south, we get a cool change coming through.”
