Summer's not over yet! Temperatures soar to 39C on the east coast as another heatwave sweeps across Australia - but three days of rain is set to hit Sydney
- Autumn delayed for parts of Australia with above average March temperatures
- Parts of Australia's east and west coasts will soar above mid 30s this week
- Queensland's south-east sweltering through a three day severe heatwave
- Sydney will reach 34C on Tuesday before rains come later in the week
Parts of the east coast are set to swelter through extreme temperatures this week due to a post-summer heatwave.
The mercury will hit 36C in Brisbane's CBD on Monday and 39C in the western suburb of Ipswich - around 10C above average for this time of year.
The March record stands at 37.9C degrees for Brisbane and 38C for Ipswich.
The forecast has prompted the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a severe heatwave warning for south Queensland.
Parts of of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia will swelter though higher than average temperatures this week. Pictured: The forecast for Monday
Meanwhile, Sydney will reach 28C on Monday and top 34 degrees on Tuesday - before three days of showers bringing 10mm of rain.
Perth will also be hot, reaching 30C on Monday, the same temperature as Canberra.
The south coast will be cooler, with Melbourne and Adelaide peaking at 23C while Hobart will reach 22C.
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Brisbane will on Tuesday cool down slightly but still reach 33C and temperatures will remain in the 30s until at least next Saturday.
Further west, the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley regions will swelter through the high 30s.
Brisbane's Southbank beach (pictured) will be packed on Monday with a top of 36 expected
'A trough off the south-eastern Queensland coast has been quite persistent in its location, so the northerly winds will bring warm air to the region over the next few days,' Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Michael Gray told Daily Mail Australia.
'It will start to cool down after Tuesday but the warm weather will be around until next weekend with temperatures in the mid 30s for those away for the coast. Central Queensland will also see above average temperatures right through to the end of the week.'
Temperatures on the Gold Coast will remain in the 30s for much of the week.
'We're expecting big crowds,' Lachlan Weston from Surf Life Saving Queensland told the ABC.
Mr Gray said the warm weather isn't unusual for this time of the year in south-east Queensland.
'It's only been a few weeks since summer has ended,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
A top of 34 is forecast for the Gold Coast (pictured) on Monday, where temperatures will remain in the 30s for most of this week
'We're in the middle of the transition from summer into the cooler months, so there will be a few more weeks of warm weather.'
Mr Gray had this advice for residents in south-east Queensland over the coming days.
'Stay inside in the air conditioning, keep water bottles full and don't go outside in the hottest part of the day between 10am and 3pm,' he said.
South-west Queensland and parts of Western Australia will be the hottest places in the country over the coming days with severe heatwave conditions
Elsewhere across Australia, Sydney will get up to highs of 34 on Tuesday before plummeting to 24 on Wednesday.
While parts of east coast will swelter on Tuesday, it will be a different story in Victoria and Tasmania, where maximum temperatures will be in the teens.
Hobart will reach a top of 16 before warming up to a weekly high of 23 on Thursday.
Sydneysiders will flock to Clovelly Beach (pictured) on Tuesday with a top of 34 forecast
Melburnians will also see cooler weather with a top of 18 on Tuesday before reaching a high of 26 on Thursday, while Adelaide's temperatures will remain in the low to mid 20s this week.
Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide all copped their own blast of an early autumn heatwave last week.
Further west, Perth will remain in the high 20s for much of the week before getting up to 31 on Friday while in the Top End, Darwin will be 34 degree for much of the week.
The extended summer will continue with in parts of Australia to cop a heatwave this week
