Maximum temperature outlook:
August to October maximum temperatures are likely to be above median across the tropics, south-eastern SA, most of Victoria, all of Tasmania, and most of WA away from the south-eastern interior. Below median maximum temperatures are likely for the south-eastern quarter of Queensland and most of central-eastern and north-eastern NSW, extending across inland South Australia into south-east WA (chance of exceeding the median is less than 40%).
There is more than double the normal chance of unusually high maximum temperatures (in the warmest 20% of all August to…