Three-day heatwave forecast for eastern Australia

By Peter Hannam
Updated December 11 2015 - 10:23am, first published November 17 2015 - 3:14pm
Searing temperatures expected for Sydney by the end of the week. Photo: James Davies
Searing temperatures expected for Sydney by the end of the week. Photo: James Davies
Early-season heat records may be challenged in many parts of Australia this week. Photo: Robert Rough
Early-season heat records may be challenged in many parts of Australia this week. Photo: Robert Rough
Inland regions of eastern Australia tend to cop drier and hotter than average temperatures in El Nino years. Photo: Adrian Bradley
Inland regions of eastern Australia tend to cop drier and hotter than average temperatures in El Nino years. Photo: Adrian Bradley

Eastern Australia will swelter for much of this week - with Sydney forecast to reach 39 degrees on Friday - as a dome of heat that has formed over the country's north-west shifts to south-eastern regions.

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