Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:41 PM WST on Sunday 22 December 2024
Valid for Sunday 22 December 2024 to Wednesday 25 December 2024
Warning for the following areas:
Kimberley
Warning for the following areas:
Pilbara, Gascoyne, North Interior, Central West, Lower West and Central Wheat Belt
Cancellation for the following areas:
South West and Great Southern
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 mid to high twenties 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 next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Perth Metropolitan Area, Broome, Derby, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Merredin, Northam, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Monday 23 December 2024
Local Weather
Mardie (21.1935°S, 115.9762°E, 10m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Mardie 38.3°- Dew point
- 22.7°
- Relative humidity
- 40%
- feels like
- 39.2°
- Wind
- NW 20km/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 Mardie (21.1935°S, 115.9762°E, 10m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 27° 27° 27° 28° 27° 26° 28° Maximum 43° 44° 42° 40° 42° 40° 37° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 30% 40% 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 7
(km/h)24
(km/h)11
(km/h)25
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(km/h)26
(km/h)11
(km/h)28
(km/h)17
(km/h)25
(km/h)14
(km/h)29
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(km/h)27
(km/h)Wind direction SSW NNW ESE NNW SW NW SW WNW S WNW E N NE NNE Relative humidity 57% 40% 31% 30% 37% 42% 41% 39% 26% 33% 33% 46% 53% 58% Dew point 25°C 23°C 19°C 19°C 20°C 23°C 20°C 21°C 14°C 19°C 17°C 23°C 23°C 25°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mardie (21.1935°S, 115.9762°E, 10m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:07am WST 5:32am WST 6:58pm WST 7:23pm WST 11:38am WST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 23 New moon Dec 31 First quarter Jan 07 Full moon Jan 14 -
Warnings
- Heatwave Warning for Western Australia
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- Heatwave Warning for Western Australia
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Past 24 Hours
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