Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:43 PM WST on Saturday 21 December 2024
Valid for Saturday 21 December 2024 to Tuesday 24 December 2024
Warning for the following areas:
Kimberley, Gascoyne and Central West
Warning for the following areas:
Pilbara, North Interior, Lower West, South West, Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt
Safety Advice::
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the low to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across northern and western WA.
Large areas of extreme to severe heatwave conditions over northern and northwestern parts of WA. The heatwave is expected to peak this weekend before conditions ease in the south early to mid next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Perth Metropolitan Area, Broome, Derby, Exmouth, Karratha, Merredin, Northam, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland and Wyndham.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Sunday 22 December 2024
Local Weather
Barrow Island (20.7919°S, 115.4001°E, 40m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Barrow Island 32.6°- Dew point
- 26.2°
- Relative humidity
- 69%
- feels like
- 35.4°
- Wind
- SW 22km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the SW in the afternoon. Winds E/SE 25 to 40 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 42 to 47.
Forecast for Barrow Island (20.7919°S, 115.4001°E, 40m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 28° 28° 28° 28° 27° 29° 28° Maximum 36° 37° 36° 35° 36° 36° 35° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 30% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High - - - 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 20
(km/h)27
(km/h)16
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(km/h)25
(km/h)29
(km/h)32
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(km/h)28
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(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction WSW WNW SW NNW SW W SW W SSW W SSE NNE NE N Relative humidity 70% 58% 71% 48% 68% 58% 59% 49% 49% 40% 47% 46% 65% 56% Dew point 26°C 26°C 26°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 23°C 22°C 19°C 20°C 19°C 22°C 24°C 24°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Barrow Island (20.7919°S, 115.4001°E, 40m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:10am WST 5:35am WST 6:59pm WST 7:24pm WST 11:41am WST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 23 New moon Dec 31 First quarter Jan 07 Full moon Jan 14 -
Warnings
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Past 24 Hours
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