The heat is coming back to the south-east, windy easterlies dominate a large portion of eastern Australia while Western Australia has a week long deluge thanks to thunderstorms.

There’s also the potential for a tropical low (or two) in northern WA by the end of next week. This far out it is not yet locked in. But the high pressure belt elsewhere (mostly to the south and south-east) looks dominant – keeping many inland areas dry over the coming week, even if many coastal areas will be showery or cloudy in the east.

And, there’s also a potential for another tropical low east of the country – which may bring some windier weather and possible rain into Norfolk Island next week.

And our place of the day? Innamincka, in the Simpson Desert, just east of Alice Springs.