By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders, ABC News
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For the eighth consecutive day, Australia's southeast inland will bake in temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius.
Today's forecasts include maximums of up to 49C, following a high of 50.0C at Port Augusta on Friday - the farthest south 50C has been officially recorded in Australia.
A long-awaited southerly change has now arrived on the southern coastline, and the cooler air will head north and finally erode the record heatwave during the next 48 hours.
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