There has been a fair bit of smoke haze around the Southeast as the Rural Fire Brigade does a bit of back burning on Wednesday, Thursday and it should continue into Friday. We received a text warning on Wednesday regarding the haze for anyone with respiratory problems to take precautions.

The high that has been sitting over Queensland should move East bringing some warmer weather on Friday and then a possibility of showers on Saturday and a slight chance on Sunday. The weekend should see some colder maximums before a bit of a mixed bag of weather next week.

The long range forecast by BoM is for warmer weather from July onwards. An 80% chance of warmer Maximums and Minimums for the rest of winter. I am still not totally convinced just yet on their predictions. BoM still haven’t been able to get their long range forecast correct lately. Once again NOAA and the European agencies have been doing a better job with their model runs and forecasts.