Forget spring, a touch of summer is arriving in south

Canberra is a city of false spring, but are the warm temperatures here to stay? Photo: Michelle Kroll.

Canberra just might see its warmest day since April this weekend.

That’s the good news from Christie Johnston, senior meteorologist with the Bureau of Meteorology.

It comes as a high-pressure ridge travels across Australia, bringing clear skies, light winds, and some “single-digit” nights to much of the country’s southeast.

It means that if they can endure a few more chilly nights (with a risk of morning fog and frost), Canberrans can enjoy a few days of mostly sunny conditions over the long weekend.

“We’re seeing temperatures really pick up over a lot of southern Western Australia, and that heat will push into South Australia and inland parts of NSW tomorrow [Saturday, 4 October],”