Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
Fire Weather Warning
for Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East fire weather districts
Issued at 04:25 PM CDT on Thursday 18 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions with freshening northeast to northwesterly winds shifting fresh west to southwesterly from the west and south, with fresh and gusty south to southwesterly behind the change during the afternoon and evening will lead to Extreme fire danger remaining across parts of southern South Australia on Thursday.
Hot and dry conditions are expected with freshening northwesterly winds shifting fresh south to southwesterly during the afternoon and evening leading to Extreme fire danger through parts of eastern South Australia.
For the rest of Thursday 18 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East
For Friday 19 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Riverland and Murraylands
The Country Fire Service advises you to:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.cfs.sa.gov.au, and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfs.sa.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 7:00 am CDT Friday.
Local Weather
Kuitpo (35.2296°S, 138.6847°E, 290m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Kuitpo 26.5°- Dew point
- 5.5°
- Relative humidity
- 26%
- feels like
- 23.7°
- Wind
- NE 9km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon. Winds NW/NE 15 to 20 km/h tending NW/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the early morning then tending S/SW in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 33.
Forecast for Kuitpo (35.2296°S, 138.6847°E, 290m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 20° 11° 14° 10° 11° 10° 11° Maximum 29° 25° 21° 21° 21° 21° 21° Chance of rain 20% 60% 50% 20% 10% 20% 20% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Moderate High Moderate - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 7
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(km/h)13
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(km/h)Wind direction W WSW SSE SSW W W WSW WSW SW SW SW SW SSE SSE Relative humidity 48% 47% 72% 46% 85% 59% 70% 52% 75% 49% 71% 54% 68% 48% Dew point 12°C 15°C 11°C 13°C 14°C 12°C 9°C 10°C 11°C 10°C 10°C 12°C 8°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Kuitpo (35.2296°S, 138.6847°E, 290m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:26am CDT 5:56am CDT 8:28pm CDT 8:58pm CDT 4:43am CDT 8:06pm CDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
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Past 24 Hours
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