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Speaker 1: But we know that a heat wave is due to

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Speaker 1: strike Australia's east coast, with temperatures expected above forty degrees

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Speaker 1: in some locations, and it is going to make the

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Speaker 1: countries north one of the hottest places in the world

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Speaker 1: this week, is what we're being told now. Residents in

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Speaker 1: northern New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory are

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Speaker 1: being warned to brace the unsettled weather through the week

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Speaker 1: as a massive heat moves eastward from central Australia. Joining

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Speaker 1: me on the line is Patch Clap from the Bureau

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Speaker 1: of Meteorology. Patch, good morning.

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Speaker 2: To you, morning, Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Oh, not too bad? It sounds like it's going to

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Speaker 1: be a warm few days.

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Speaker 2: Patch, Absolutely, Katie, very much settling into these warmer conditions.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we're sort of familiar with them at this

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Speaker 2: time of year. Through the build up, we do see them.

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Speaker 2: We see these days without the relief from the heat,

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Speaker 2: but particularly away from the coastline, Katie, so even kind

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Speaker 2: of getting out through the rural area and particularly out

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Speaker 2: into parts of Kakadoo and parts of Lichfield and down

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Speaker 2: towards Catherine, we're really seeing some prolonged days of heat,

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Speaker 2: both with those maximum temperatures, Katie, but also those minimum temperatures.

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Speaker 2: So that's why we see the heat wave warning out.

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Speaker 2: We're seeing above average max and minimum temperatures, and it's

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Speaker 2: that those run of days as well that we've got

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Speaker 2: these sort of temperatures certainly carrying us through the end

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Speaker 2: of the working week, through the weekend and into the

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Speaker 2: start of next And like I mentioned, they're not a

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Speaker 2: whole lot of relief on the way in terms of

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Speaker 2: shewers or storms. Looking pretty light on through the next

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Speaker 2: week unfortunately, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Pats are always like you know, begging for a storm

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Speaker 1: or for some rain at this time of the year.

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Speaker 1: How hot is it going to be?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Katie. Look as I said, sort of, it's

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Speaker 2: those getting away from the coastal parts. So Darwin, we're

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Speaker 2: sitting in those thirty fives, thirty fours and thirty fives.

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Speaker 2: Who've seen that over the line couple of days, thirty

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Speaker 2: six's are in the forecast at times in the early

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Speaker 2: parts of next week. Palmerstan's got some thirty six's and

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Speaker 2: thirty sevens over the weekend, Katie. And as I mentioned,

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Speaker 2: sort of once we get away from that coastal influence.

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Speaker 2: Catherine's looking at forty even from today forty one tomorrow

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Speaker 2: forty two's over the course of the weekend, and that

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Speaker 2: sort of inland heat story continues basically anywhere out through

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Speaker 2: much of the Daily River region and parts of Kakadu

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Speaker 2: as well. Those temperatures fairly similar out around Jabaru and

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Speaker 2: really anywhere that doesn't have that more coastal influence of

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Speaker 2: the sea breeze through the afternoon.

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Speaker 1: So the advice I suppose is to try to stay cool.

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Speaker 1: You know, if you can be in an air condition office,

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Speaker 1: then certainly do it. But g I feel for people

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Speaker 1: that work out.

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Speaker 2: Doors absolutely, Katie, Like you say, if you can find

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Speaker 2: those cooler spaces, whether that's offices, libraries, community centers or

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Speaker 2: shopping centers, do what you can to keep the heat

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Speaker 2: out early in the day. And of course the other

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Speaker 2: things you mentioned for really for everyone, but particularly those

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Speaker 2: outdoors over the coming days, is to stay on top

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Speaker 2: of your hydration and your protection from the sun more broadly,

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Speaker 2: and just keeping an eye out on those more vulnerable

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Speaker 2: than yourselves as well, so keeping an eye on family members,

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Speaker 2: whether that's older or younger, and and bear a thought

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Speaker 2: for your furry friends as well, and with less control

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Speaker 2: over their regulation and response to heat. There's all those

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Speaker 2: kind of things that we have to think about for

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Speaker 2: those other than ourselves. So think about your first, make

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Speaker 2: sure that you're doing okay first, but do keep an

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Speaker 2: eye on those around you.

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Speaker 1: Patchaw, we going to go, mate. I see you very often,

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Speaker 1: you and I see each other when we're out running

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Speaker 1: long distances.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be warm, it is, look and humidity

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Speaker 2: dialing up as well, Katie. For those of us that

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Speaker 2: do like to keep our routines in the outdoors over

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Speaker 2: the coming days, really do just think about a little

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Speaker 2: bit of extra rehydration, keep a bit of a check

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Speaker 2: on your salts as well. So there's a few different

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Speaker 2: of over the next couple of days.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're spot on, hey, Patch, just very quickly before

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Speaker 1: I let you go. You mentioned as well that those

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Speaker 1: lows are going to be quite warm. So I'm expecting

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Speaker 1: that even those overnight temperatures, and you know, like we're

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Speaker 1: not expecting them to drop real low at all, by

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Speaker 1: the sounds of USh, not.

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Speaker 2: At all, Katie, twenty six and twenty sevens of the

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Speaker 2: story for our minimum for the next few nights for

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Speaker 2: Palmerstan and Darwin and look further afield. It's a fairly

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Speaker 2: similar story, but twenty seven is what we're expecting for

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Speaker 2: those overnight minimums down around Catherine too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, ill patch clap. It's always great to catch up

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Speaker 1: with you, mate. Thanks so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: We really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, Katie, have it good.

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Speaker 1: Thank you you two