There’s a video on the BOM. You can see it going around the Alps. Took about 2 hours to get here between 8 and 10 this morning!
Approaching 40 degrees and a nasty, very hot North West wind in Melbourne too. Hopefully nothing happens, because these are potentially catastrophic conditions right now.
44 and climbing here.
37 outside, 22 inside, not even a fan on yet.
My eco design rules. 
Got to 45.9 here but has dropped a degree in the last hour so hopefully it’s maxed out for the day
That’s mount Dandenong from my window, you can hardly see it for the smoke. Both Asthmatic daughter and wife have had to come home coz breathing is no good
Smoke covering the hill tops and the air is almost burning. Smoke from Victorian fires and also fires north of Bega Valley Shire in NSW further up the coast.
Supposed to be very hot here tomorrow.
Severe thunderstorm warning for the mallee/wimmera this afternoon, little or no rain expected with it and strong accompanying winds. Got fires written all over it. Wouldn’t want to be in the Grampians for Christmas.
Abu farkin Dhabi levels of heat.
I’m out east too, though in the city now. So it’s bad out there?
Its only 44 in Hopper Crossing. No problem. Until they start blacking suburbs out.
Avalon has hit 45 and still steadily climbing.
So I assume we are have stopped cheerleading this time?
Last time this happened, half the state burnt down.
Unusual opportunity for our techs today to measure the high levels of haze in the atmosphere… Looks like its cloudy when you look up, but theres not a cloud in the sky.
Must be because I’ve been in holiday mode over there but many times we have been in the ME when it’s 50+ and yet strangely this feels worse.
The shopping malls just love this weather, Not really. They are just full of pensioners sitting around all day
Yeah; it smells of smoke too
Am hearing less than an hour and we’ll see the trains in Melbourne stop