Correct. and nothing more need be added.

Here is the #MelbWeather "cool" change as it came across the bay. It won't really drop to below 20c until 5am Friday morning. Oh and then it will spike to similar temps of today.

It won't be a proper cool change, but it has been taking the temps down to 30c instead of 42c Due in the next hour to Melbourne, YMMV, inland, sorry nothing for you. #MelbWeather

Fire Danger Ratings for Friday have just come out. Bad news, I was right. Bad news also, it is going to be a lot more worser than today on Friday. Please plan accordingly #Bushfires #Victoria www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-res...

EMERGENCY WARNING - BUSHFIRE - Take Shelter Now Incident Location: Longwood Issue Date: Wednesday 07 January 2026, 03:30 pm More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ This Emergency Warning is being issued for Longwood, Longwood East, Ruffy, Tarcombe, Upton Hill.

Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky It had a-one long horn and one big eye (Ooh!) I commenced to shakin' and I said, "Ooh-eee! It looks like a purple people eater to me!"

And everywhere but one station now at or above 40c across Melbourne. Hottest so far Avalon at 43.0c 3:03pm #MelbWeather

and here is a #MelbWeather update. Melbourne hit 40.0c at 2:20pm It is currently 41.9c at the closet AWS to me. Hottest in the Greater Melbourne area currently 42.3 for Point Cook and Laverton. My Pixel phone says that the driveway in the sun is over 60c and thinks it is cast iron.

And here comes Marty to the scene. And a number of other aircraft both fixed wing and rotor are already in the area. www.flightradar24.com/-36.10,147.0... #bushfire #Victoria

And 2nd Emergency Warning for the day has now been issued. #Bushfire #Victoria This Emergency Warning is being issued for Bungil, Granya, Thologolong. emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

And first Emergency Warning for the day for Victoria. Grassfire travelling from the north in a south-easterly direction towards Moyreisk that is not yet under control. emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

First places over 40c in #MelbWeather land Avalon 40.3c at 11:50am Geelong Racecourse 40.1c at 11:49am Melbourne highest yet is 37c Reminder hottest part of the day in around 5pm.

And at 8:30am the following places in Greater Melbourne have already reached 30c Melbourne Airport Essendon Airport Laverton She Oaks #MelbWeather

And I wonder when we are ever gonna cool change, change Living under the heat 'til nothing else remains We don't need another hero We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond The Heatdome #MelbWeather

And I am up, watered the garden, put out extra bowls for the birds, shade umbrellas for young plants and aircon is on. Good luck to everyone that has to be outside today. #MelbWeather

Lots of folk have been offering great tips about the heat coming to #MelbWeather, let me add one more. Be kind to everyone, including retail staff. Everyone will be hot and cranky, taking out your hot and cranky on service or retail staff is literally not cool. If you feel like shit, so do they.

For the non weather nerds, the #MelbWeather situation is as follows: It is going to be fucking hot If a bush or grass fire starts we are fucked. Thankyou for coming to my Not Ted Talk.

This is what the Fire Danger Ratings numbers are for the next 3 and what they mean. If the wind picks up on Friday any more North Central and Northern Country could tip into Catastrophic conditions. #MelbWeather

Fire Danger Rating of Extreme including #MelbWeather which is also one of the areas under a Total Fire Ban tomorrow.

Revised #MelbWeather Forecast. Yep, Hot, not as Hot and then Hot again.

Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Wednesday 7th January 2026 Heatwave Warning For Victoria ( Severe for #MelbWeather ) Issued at 02:41pm EDT on Tuesday 6 January 2026 Reminder If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your pet do it. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.

Well... um... er... I am going to say, we really can't rule out the decades long economy destroying defeat on day fucking two. That is still a very much live option.

Whew, filled the car up morning. Found a cheaper servo, just checked now, they went up 60c a litre this arvo.

Heatwave Warning for Victoria issued at 02:49pm EDT on Monday 5 January 2026 Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Tuesday 6th January 2026 #MelbWeather If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your dog do it. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.

The amount of Americans that think they can is a lot higher than you would want it to be.

Heads up #MelbWeather folk. Latest forecast just dropped. Sadly the expected temps did not. Expect Friday to bounce around in the forecast, the final max will depend on the timing of a cool change. Early, lower than 34, later, much higher. Please note I am just the messenger, not the deliverer.

Not today North Korea, not today.

I presume now Grok will start doing photos of Nicolás Maduro in a micro bikini.

So if ICE captures Venezuelans on US soil and wants to deport them to Venezuela, does the US then capture Venezuelans in Venezuela to deport them to Venezuela.

This post aged like a very fine wine in 3 days. There are no lies.

Well... we are in the WTAF territory now. This just in. #Venezuela

The window for people to create fake content is now open. Shit got real, and it is going to get real messy, like a fully charged Roomba running over a wet dog shit on a white carpet messy. It will take time to clean up the sources. #Caracas

At least for once, the US will be waking up to the what the batshit crazy happened overnight, unlike Australia and NZ who do that nearly every day.

Luck for the US it has done really well in asymmetric warfare in the last 50 years... Touches ear... Agh, um about that... Lets cross back to Caracas.

We have a Wag the Dog, repeat we have a Wag the Dog.

Not only should you plans for Nigel, but you should also make plans about the coming heat. www.weatherzone.com.au/news/45c-in-...

Generative AI can only create based on real imagery it’s been given/trained on, btw. Just so we’re clear on what this means.

Then launch the data center into space, because that is something they think will work. No extra oxygen supply of course.

It would be practically and legally impossible to hold a royal commission that goes anywhere near the actions or motivations of the accused killer, before his criminal proceedings are concluded, which could take years. That limitation would render the royal commission itself pointlessly premature.

I hate this joke. I hate it so much. Why is there so much hate in my heart over this joke. Because I didn't think of it.

You know what you should not do... share screenshots of Grok generated abuse material. Sharing is not just trying to point out what the images are, sharing is sharing.

If you are a Kiwi, a Kiwi Expat, an Australian, or a lover of comedy... please watch "Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke" a stunning tribute to a man that knew when the front fell off.

Make sure you build contingency into your plans for the end of next week #MelbWeather folks. Especially if your plans involve outdoor activities. One of the models has a max of 46.3 (for those keeping score Black Saturday at 46.4)

Welcome to 2026, may be it be a metric ton less shit than 2025 #NYE

Will finish 2025 with a NZ Classic... which is still appropriate today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a6h...

Update on #NYE from NZ... 2026 is off to a shaky start.

NYE memories: The time in the 90's I spent all night painting an anti woodchipping protest sign 5m long all by myself, or the time a few later in Adelaide when I was with Mrs Wolfcat and a friend came to visit, who in a night on the town had a bird in the hand, went for the upgrade, came home alone.

Cooking a nice roast dinner for Mrs Wolfcat. Yes, we have reached the point in the #Wolfcatcubs life where they are spending #NYE with friends. So first time in since 2011 we have not had children in the house for the end of the year.

Good News/Bad News #MelbWeather post. Good news: 10 day computer models can be out by a lot, think timings of cool changes etc. Bad news: Most models have Jan 7/8 as being over the 40c mark for most of Victoria and even Melbourne.

May good things happen to good people in 2026. I am over bad people getting away with all the crap they do.