Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Tuesday 02 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 02 December 2025 to Friday 05 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Safety Advice:
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 mid twenties to mid thirties with overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid teens.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to develop and extend north along the coast in the coming days, and peak towards the end of the week. Locations likely to be impacted include Batemans Bay and Monolith Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 03 December 2025
Forecast
Lochiel (36.922°S, 149.7471°E, 246m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Patches of frost and the chance of fog about the coastal ranges in the early morning. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s.
Forecast for Lochiel (36.922°S, 149.7471°E, 246m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 8° 12° 16° 14° 12° 12° 13° Maximum 22° 29° 25° 29° 22° 24° 26° Chance of rain 5% 5% 10% 50% 5% 5% 30% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate 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)16
(km/h)7
(km/h)17
(km/h)8
(km/h)12
(km/h)6
(km/h)11
(km/h)22
(km/h)19
(km/h)14
(km/h)17
(km/h)6
(km/h)16
(km/h)Wind direction NNE ENE N NE SSE ESE NE S SW S NNE ENE E SSE Relative humidity 64% 62% 51% 48% 62% 66% 62% 58% 56% 42% 61% 62% 68% 67% Dew point 10°C 14°C 13°C 16°C 14°C 17°C 16°C 18°C 7°C 8°C 11°C 15°C 16°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lochiel (36.922°S, 149.7471°E, 246m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:04am EDT 5:34am EDT 8:06pm EDT 8:36pm EDT 6:15pm EDT 3:34am EDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
