Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:06 PM CST on Thursday 08 January 2026
Valid for Thursday 08 January 2026 to Sunday 11 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Gregory, Simpson, 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 in the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the?mid twenties to low thirties in the warning area.
Severe heatwave conditions expected to ease through the south over the weekend and continue to develop through the northwest. Locations likely to be impacted include Alice Springs, Kulgera, Lajamanu, Rabbit Flat and Yulara.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Friday 09 January 2026
Forecast
Docker River (25.9941°S, 128.3424°E, 564m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the NW, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds in the NW. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending NW/SW in the morning then tending SE/SW 25 to 40 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to 21 to 29 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 44.
Forecast for Docker River (25.9941°S, 128.3424°E, 564m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 28° 25° 23° 24° 26° 27° 26° Maximum 43° 40° 40° 42° 42° 43° 42° Chance of rain 40% 10% 5% 20% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 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 12
(km/h)18
(km/h)31
(km/h)29
(km/h)25
(km/h)19
(km/h)23
(km/h)19
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)23
(km/h)20
(km/h)26
(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction WSW SW SE SE ESE ESE E SE ENE SSW E SSE ESE SSE Relative humidity 19% 15% 25% 16% 21% 14% 14% 11% 11% 10% 11% 9% 15% 9% Dew point 12°C 9°C 9°C 9°C 6°C 7°C 3°C 5°C 1°C 4°C 2°C 3°C 5°C 2°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Docker River (25.9941°S, 128.3424°E, 564m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 4:20am WST 4:46am WST 6:22pm WST 6:47pm WST 10:25pm WST 10:17am WST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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