Melbourne weather is looking to break records never seen before, with an extreme forecast of 44C

The insane heat is also followed by a total fire ban for Friday in Victoria as authorities worry about fires flaring up.

Extreme heat is forecast across #Victoria tomorrow, with many locations likely to break December max temp records. Much of the northwest including #Mildura and #Horsham are forecast to reach 47°C while 44°C is forecast for #Melbourne and #Warrnambool https://t.co/EgDcP4McRz pic.twitter.com/Z2g1XZ94kz

— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) December 19, 2019

Tomorrow will be the hottest ? December day in Melbourne since records began : 44°C (that’s 111.2°F in the old measure.

Memories of Black Saturday 10-years ago are still fresh in memory and authorities will be doing everything they can to avoid a repeat of that horrific disaster.

If it does hit 44 as forecast in Melbourne tomorrow, it’ll be the hottest day of any month since Black Saturday.

— Justine Conway (@justinemack9) December 19, 2019

Dangerous and severe #heatwave continues in #Australia in coming days! Temperatures again during Thursday and Friday up into upper 40s Celsius…. Fire danger remains very high so please take necessary advice given by authorities. #AustraliaFires #australianheatwave pic.twitter.com/3ritN7kh0g

— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) December 18, 2019

To add to the odd extreme it’ll be a cool 19C on Saturday.

Here’s the Melbourne weather forecast

Friday 20 December

Summary

Min 14Max 44Very hot. Late cool change.Chance of any rain: 10% 

Melbourne area

Very hot. Sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall at night. Light winds becoming northerly 25 to 40 km/h in the morning then shifting cooler southwesterly in the late evening.

Fire Danger – Severe

Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

Heat will continue to build over #SouthAustralia today before moving across #Victoria on Friday ahead of a cold front and associated cool change. Many locations are likely to break December max temp records on Friday as severe to extreme #heatwave conditions continue. pic.twitter.com/1oOTwAVJxO

— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) December 19, 2019

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Melbourne	14	44
	Geelong	13	44
	Laverton	13	44
	Tullamarine	13	44
	Scoresby	12	43
	Watsonia	13	44
	Mount Dandenong	14	38
	Yarra Glen	13	42
	Frankston	14	43

Saturday 21 December

Summary

Min 18Max 20Partly cloudy.Possible rainfall: 0 to 0.4 mmChance of any rain: 30% 

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower or thunderstorm with little or no rainfall in the morning. Winds southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning southerly 20 to 30 km/h during the day.

Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

Sunday 22 December

Summary

Min 12Max 22Partly cloudy.Chance of any rain: 0% 

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy morning then a sunny afternoon. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the evening.

Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Monday 23 December

Summary

Min 11Max 22Partly cloudy.Chance of any rain: 0% 

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Tuesday 24 December

Summary

Min 13Max 23Partly cloudy.Chance of any rain: 0% 

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h.

Wednesday 25 December

Summary

Min 13Max 28Partly cloudy.Chance of any rain: 5% 

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Thursday 26 December

Summary

Min 16Max 23Partly cloudy.Chance of any rain: 5% 

Melbourne area