Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM CST on Friday 21 November 2025
Valid for Friday 21 November 2025 to Monday 24 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Barkly, Simpson, Lasseter and Tanami
Cancellation for the following areas:
Gregory
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 high thirties to low forties, increasing to the mid forties over the southeast. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to expand and intensify over large areas of the south of NT over the coming days before easing from early to mid next week.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the Gregory district. Locations likely to be impacted include Alice Springs, Alpurrurulam, Jervois, Kulgera, Kaltukatjara, Tennant Creek and Yulara.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Saturday 22 November 2025
Forecast
Ali Curung (21.0004°S, 134.3941°E, 373m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: A high chance of rain, showers and thunderstorms across the Top End. Damaging to destructive winds and heavy rainfall near Tropical Cyclone Fina. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms across the Carpentaria, N Gregory, Lasseter and SW Simpson Districts. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Very hot S of Daly Waters and across the Gregory District. Light to moderate NE/NW winds away from Tropical Cyclone Fina. Winds fresh and gusty in the S Simpson District during the morning.
Forecast for Ali Curung (21.0004°S, 134.3941°E, 373m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 27° 29° 30° 30° 29° 26° 26° Maximum 40° 41° 41° 40° 38° 35° 35° Chance of rain 5% 10% 20% 60% 60% 60% 70% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate 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 20
(km/h)8
(km/h)25
(km/h)9
(km/h)22
(km/h)13
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)13
(km/h)14
(km/h)14
(km/h)10
(km/h)18
(km/h)17
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NNE NW NNW NW NNW NW NW NNE NW SSE SE ENE NE Relative humidity 37% 14% 30% 15% 27% 17% 28% 20% 40% 26% 52% 32% 42% 32% Dew point 17°C 8°C 15°C 10°C 14°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 18°C 16°C 18°C 16°C 17°C 16°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Ali Curung (21.0004°S, 134.3941°E, 373m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:18am CST 5:42am CST 6:55pm CST 7:19pm CST 6:45am CST 8:47pm CST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Nov 28 Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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