Summer's here early! Scorching heatwave set to roast Australia heading into the weekend as temperatures reach a sizzling 41C

• Sydneysiders are expected to flock to the beach on Friday as temperatures soar
• According to BOM, parts of NSW will experience 12C above average temperature
• Melbourne is set for a blistering Thursday with a high of 34C, before cool change
• Adelaide will bear the brunt of the heat on as they endure a scorching 37C

By SAHAR MOURAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 01:52 GMT, 24 October 2019 | UPDATED: 03:07 GMT, 24 October 2019

 
 
 
 
 
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Australians will get an early taste of summer with temperatures set to soar above 30 degrees across the nation heading into the weekend. 

Sydneysiders are expected to flock to the beach on Friday and bask in the sunshine as temperatures soar to 35, while the city's west will swelter through highs of 37.

Melbourne will sweat through its hottest October day in four years with highs of 34 today, before a cool change sets in with thunderstorms and showers on Friday.

Total fire bans have been declared in 10 South Australian districts as the state braces for highs of 41 at Coober Pedy and Port Augusta on Thursday.   

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Australians have been told to brace for a heatwave that is set to sweep across the country this weekend (Thursday forecast, dark purple meaning above 38C and dark red above 30C)

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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, parts of NSW will experience temperatures 12C above average

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, parts of NSW will experience temperatures 12 degrees above average in the coming days. 

But the blast of warm weather set to toast eastern Australia will be short-lived, with an arctic change set to send temperatures plummeting by the end of the weekend.

'What will follow is a gusty cool change with polar air moving through southern Australia from Friday and Saturday and that will cause a dramatic drop in temperatures,' Sky News meteorologist Tom Saunders told news.com.au. 

'The front will also bring some showers on Friday to south east Australia and they will increase on Saturday with wind, hail and thunder in southern Victoria along with snow around the Alps and highland parts of Tasmania.

'The hot weather will be followed by a cold blast.'