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Sydney sweats through prolonged spell of abnormal humidity
Cloud cover over Sydney on Tuesday cannot stop the apparent temperature from reaching 32 degrees Celsius. (Supplied: Laurie Wilson)
The data proves what everyone is feeling — Sydney is currently sweating through a prolonged spell of abnormal humidity.
Moisture levels during recent weeks have even rivalled Queensland's southern tropics in the middle of the wet season, making Sydney's already hot March feel several degrees warmer.
And while a southerly change will bring temporary relief tomorrow, a near-record warm Tasman Sea should maintain warm and muggy weather well into autumn — a trend becoming increasingly frequent in recent years as the sub-tropical climate zone shifts south.
Severe storms hit northern NSW, southeast QLD
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Intense thunderstorms are causing heavy rain in parts of northeast New South Wales and southeast Queensland on Friday, with Byron Bay copping 75 mm of rain in just one hour.
Slow-moving showers and thunderstorm associated with a coastal trough moved over the Northern Rivers district in NSW on Friday morning and early afternoon.
Some of the morning storms dumped hefty rain totals along the coast, with Ballina received 86 mm in the three hours up to 12:15pm AEDT.
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Sydney’s sticky weather to turn into severe storms
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The sticky, humid weather that has beset Sydney over the past week will transform into heavy rain and thunderstorms on Saturday evening, while a man has been struck by lightning near Wollongong.
Severe weather warnings have been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, with concerns about flash flooding as a trough of low-pressure systems merge with exceptionally high humidity, producing slow-moving thunderstorms for south-eastern NSW.
A man in his 20s was treated in Robertson, south-west of Wollongong, after being struck by lightning while working on an ice-cream truck. He was taken to Bowral and District Hospital about 3pm on Saturday in a non-life-threatening, stable condition.
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