It’s just past 9am on this 3rd of January, 2050. The temperature is already in the mid-30s with a high of somewhere north of 43º expected by mid-arvo.

This is the fourth heatwave of the summer, expected to last another three to four days, and it won’t be the last. Likely it won’t even be the worst, as another, more intense heat dome over the central desert looks to be headed our way for early next week….