<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A scorching heatwave is set to blanket Sydney and much of the east coast as a hot air mass moves across the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe heatwave warning for metropolitan Sydney, the Hunter, Illawarra, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains and an extreme warning for the south coast from today until Saturday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The maximum temperature is forecast to sit around the high-20s to mid-30s, and will continue to rise as the week goes on.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sand-product-recall-kmart-target-asbestos-fears/2725eed3-bc74-45b0-af61-ae0cd9f17a10" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Sand product recalled from Kmart and Target over asbestos fears</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, temperatures of up to 30 degrees and strong winds will create uncomfortable conditions in Sydney. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The temperature will hit 34 degrees tomorrow and 36 degrees on Saturday, when some rainfall is expected in the late afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The entire state will be under a moderate to extreme fire warning from today until the end of the week.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-sydney-weather-heatwave-warning-fire-danger/ef641ef3-8330-4951-895c-bc3f5ba19b24" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney, the South Coast and central and northern parts of NSW are under a high fire danger warning today and tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The warning will elevate to extreme fire danger on Saturday when heatwave conditions peak before lowering back down on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jordan-william-thompson-suspicious-death-young-boy-hunter-region/61e7d5c6-bd39-4136-bb49-ff682c8880fa" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Massive reward announced over toddler's 2005 death</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The conditions are being caused by a hot air mass that built over Western Australia at the start of the week and has since moved east. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The system caused temperatures to reach 48 degrees in parts of central Australia, following an abnormally cold start to summer that saw snow fall in the mountains.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A cool change is expected to move across the east coast on Sunday and Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney will see a maximum temperature of 25 degrees with showers expected for most of the day on Sunday and 26 degrees and cloudy conditions on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>