Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:18 PM CST on Friday 16 January 2026
Valid for Friday 16 January 2026 to Saturday 17 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Gregory, Lasseter and Tanami
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 generally in the high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the?low to high twenties.
Extreme heatwave conditions have eased slightly to severe over the Gregory district. Severe heatwave conditions are expected to continue easing over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Lajamanu and Walungurru.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Saturday 17 January 2026
Forecast
Barrow Creek (21.3799°S, 133.9756°E, 469m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: A slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms N of Ali Curung, increasing to a high chance N of Elliott. Possible heavy falls across the W Top End. Possible damaging wind gusts with thunderstorms in the W Top End and N Gregory Districts. Very hot in the Tanami, Lasseter, N Simpson, SW Barkly and S Gregory Districts. Moderate E/SE winds S of the Top End, fresh and gusty in the Barkly District at times. Moderate SW/NW winds over the Top End, tending NW/NE in the Arnhem District.
Forecast for Barrow Creek (21.3799°S, 133.9756°E, 469m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 26° 24° 24° 26° 26° 26° 28° Maximum 41° 41° 42° 42° 40° 40° 38° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 10% 30% 70% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 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 25
(km/h)25
(km/h)20
(km/h)21
(km/h)13
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)24
(km/h)21
(km/h)12
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)16
(km/h)Wind direction SE SE SE SE SE ESE SSE SE SE SSE ESE SE N N Relative humidity 28% 10% 23% 10% 26% 10% 27% 11% 19% 11% 31% 17% 41% 28% Dew point 12°C 4°C 9°C 4°C 11°C 5°C 13°C 6°C 6°C 5°C 14°C 11°C 18°C 17°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Barrow Creek (21.3799°S, 133.9756°E, 469m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:41am CST 6:05am CST 7:20pm CST 7:44pm CST 4:17am CST 6:19pm CST 
Waning crescent
New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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