Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:54 PM CST on Thursday 27 November 2025
Valid for Thursday 27 November 2025 to Sunday 30 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Arnhem and Carpentaria
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 and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to peak over the Arnhem and Carpentaria districts in the coming days before easing later in the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Borroloola, Bulman, Numbulwar and Ngukurr.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Friday 28 November 2025
Forecast
Ngukurr (14.7281°S, 134.7339°E, 30m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds.
Forecast for Ngukurr (14.7281°S, 134.7339°E, 30m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 28° 29° 28° 26° 25° 23° 24° Maximum 41° 42° 37° 35° 37° 39° 38° Chance of rain 10% 80% 70% 80% 5% 5% 30% Likely amount < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating - - - 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 11
(km/h)5
(km/h)12
(km/h)4
(km/h)8
(km/h)10
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(km/h)9
(km/h)15
(km/h)17
(km/h)8
(km/h)14
(km/h)5
(km/h)17
(km/h)Wind direction WNW N WNW NNE WSW SSW SSW SE S ESE SSW ESE SE ESE Relative humidity 55% 28% 51% 31% 70% 52% 74% 58% 53% 30% 55% 22% 56% 33% Dew point 23°C 20°C 24°C 22°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 21°C 17°C 21°C 14°C 22°C 20°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Ngukurr (14.7281°S, 134.7339°E, 30m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:28am CST 5:52am CST 6:46pm CST 7:09pm CST 12:16pm CST 12:19am CST 
1st quarter
First quarter Nov 28 Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 -
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