Good to see you on here again Ken . Nice summary.

Fortunately being near the Bay at Bracken Ridge and on the Eastern side of the Ridge, we max our at 36°C if everything sticks to the forecast, but it is way above the norm for us as Ken highlighted.

Hot ,dry and windy, what a recipe for severe fire. When the cooling wind change arrives that is the Firefighters nightmare. The wind gusts are stronger and the direction changes and therefore any fires burning become unpredictable and even more dangerous.

Stanthorpe 36°C with late gusty winds
Warwick 40°C with late gusty winds
Toowoomba 38°C with late gusty winds.
But Ipswich is unfortunately going to cop the brunt of the system with a windy day and 43°C.