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Melbourne is gearing up for a bustling Labor Day weekend, with the Grand Prix and Moomba parade anticipated to attract over a million visitors. Meanwhile, in South Australia, the Adelaide Cup promises to lure enthusiastic crowds on Monday’s public holiday.
Residents of Tasmania will also join in the festivities by enjoying their own public holiday, known as Eight Hours Day or Labor Day, on Monday.
Fortunately, the weather appears to be cooperating, as forecasts predict a clear weekend without significant rainfall across these three states.
Here’s what you can expect from the weather during this event-filled weekend. In Melbourne, the skies will remain mild and cloudy, with temperatures projected to peak at 21 degrees Celsius. Light winds from the south to southeast will provide a gentle breeze, making it comfortable for outdoor activities.
Conditions in Melbourne this weekend will start out mild and cloudy, with the city poised to reach a high of 21 degrees, coupled with light south to south-easterly winds.
Isolated showers can be expected around Gippsland, while it will be partly cloudy in the south. Northern parts of Victoria can expect mostly sunny conditons.
Further west, Adelaide is set to start the weekend with a sunny top of 27 degrees.
It will be mostly dry across South Australia, with most areas expecting less than two millimetres of rain, outside of the far north-east where rainfall totals could reach up to 15mm.
Temperatures will be a little cooler in Tasmania, where Hobart can expect a partly cloudy top of 20 degrees.
Isolated light showers are expected about western Tasmania, before evening showers will develop in the central north.
Melbourne can expect a beautiful, mostly sunny top of 26 degrees on Sunday, when hundreds of thousands of spectators are tipped to descend on Albert Park to enjoy the Formula One Grand Prix.
Conditions in Adelaide will remain warm and sunny at 27 degrees, with no rain on the radar.
The mercury will dip to 19 degrees in Hobart, with another cloudy day on the cards.
Melbourne and Adelaide are both headed for a pearler of a public holiday on Monday, when the mercury is expected to peak at 28 degrees in both locations.
Sunny, clear skies are expected in both states, with a light south-westerly breeze.
Hobart will finally get to enjoy some warmth on Monday, with a partly cloudy top of 23 degrees forecast.
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