Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
Fire Weather Warning
for Riverland and Murraylands fire weather districts
Issued at 05:29 AM CDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Weather Situation
On Friday, 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 Friday 19 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Riverland and Murraylands
Cancellation for the following areas:
Yorke Peninsula,Upper South East,Lower South East,Eastern Eyre Peninsula,Lower Eyre Peninsula,Mount Lofty Ranges
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.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.
Local Weather
Mount Lofty (34.9848°S, 138.7085°E, 627m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Mount Lofty 24.6°- Dew point
- 10.4°
- Relative humidity
- 40%
- feels like
- 22.2°
- Wind
- NW 13km/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/SW 20 to 30 km/h tending S/SW in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures 24 to 33.
Forecast for Mount Lofty (34.9848°S, 138.7085°E, 627m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 22° 10° 13° 8° 9° 7° 9° Maximum 27° 25° 18° 18° 19° 20° 20° Chance of rain 5% 40% 50% 20% 10% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 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 12
(km/h)17
(km/h)11
(km/h)13
(km/h)23
(km/h)27
(km/h)13
(km/h)18
(km/h)18
(km/h)18
(km/h)15
(km/h)19
(km/h)20
(km/h)23
(km/h)Wind direction NNW W SE W WNW W SW WSW SW SW SSW SW SSE SSE Relative humidity 46% 52% 71% 50% 87% 67% 72% 58% 78% 56% 75% 59% 73% 52% Dew point 13°C 16°C 9°C 14°C 12°C 12°C 7°C 9°C 9°C 10°C 9°C 12°C 7°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mount Lofty (34.9848°S, 138.7085°E, 627m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:27am CDT 5:57am CDT 8:27pm CDT 8:57pm CDT 4:44am CDT 8:05pm CDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
Warnings
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Temperature in 7 days
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Rain in 7 days
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Past 24 Hours
We're sorry, but there are no historical observations available for Mount Lofty
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