Age: Australia's "dome of heat" has become so intense that the temperatures are rising off the charts -- literally.
The air mass over the inland is still heating up - it hasn't peaked
The Bureau of Meteorology's interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours -- deep purple and pink -- to extend its previous temperature range that had been capped at 50 degrees.
Deep purple ... the Bureau of Meteorology's interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours. Photo: Bureau of...