After sweltering through a very hot few weeks, Canberrans have enjoyed a reprieve with cooler conditions bringing some relief. While the cool change is expected to linger into next week, experts are warning it's too early to say with any certainty what the rest of the summer has in store.
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00:00What a difference a day makes.
00:05After the heat and sun of the past few weeks,
00:08Lake Burley Griffin was today grey, choppy and quiet
00:11as some Canberrans opted for indoor activities.
00:14We were planning on going for a walk around the lake,
00:16but I don't think we will.
00:19Others were relieved by the dip in the mercury.
00:22It's actually pretty comfortable.
00:23It's a lot better for walking around.
00:25And it wasn't just people benefiting.
00:27It's given us an opportunity to get back out in the gardens
00:30and have a look around, make sure we get the water up to our plants
00:35and to check in to do some of the jobs that we can't do when it's really hot.
00:40According to the Bureau of Meteorology,
00:42the temperature peaked at 20 degrees this afternoon,
00:45compared with the low to mid-30s experienced throughout December and January thus far.
00:50Temperatures are forecast to remain below 30 until next week,
00:54with a chance of some thunderstorms.
00:56We're in the high-risk weather season here in the ACT,
00:59so if we're not in that fire season, we've got the risk for storms and flooding.
01:04With crews having been called to multiple grass fires in recent weeks,
01:08the Rural Fire Service is warning against complacency during the cool snap.
01:12Fires can start at any time of the year.
01:15They can move quickly.
01:16They develop quickly.
01:18And just because we've got a cool day and a little bit of moisture around
01:21doesn't mean that we won't get fires.
01:23We've still got three months of the fire season to go.
01:25A possible La Nina would be good news for crews,
01:28but one expert is warning it's too early to call it and it may be weak.
01:33The outlook for the next couple of months in this part of the world
01:36is that we've got slightly above average chance of having good rainfall,
01:42but it's only very slight.
01:44A warning the reprieve is just that.