Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:03 PM EST on Sunday 19 January 2025
Valid for Sunday 19 January 2025 to Monday 20 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands and Herbert and Lower Burdekin
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 low to mid thirties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions over the northern Queensland coast are expected to ease early this week. Locations likely to be impacted include Cairns, Cardwell, Ingham, Port Douglas, Townsville and Wujal Wujal.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Monday 20 January 2025
Forecast
Aloomba (17.1163°S, 145.8349°E, 10m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 25 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30.
Forecast for Aloomba (17.1163°S, 145.8349°E, 10m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary 
Minimum 25° 25° 25° 25° 24° 24° 25° Maximum 32° 32° 32° 33° 33° 33° 32° Chance of rain 50% 50% 40% 5% 5% 30% 90% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 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 10
(km/h)16
(km/h)11
(km/h)18
(km/h)9
(km/h)16
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(km/h)17
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(km/h)16
(km/h)8
(km/h)17
(km/h)14
(km/h)22
(km/h)Wind direction S E SE ESE SSE E SE ENE SE E SE E SE ESE Relative humidity 79% 74% 77% 75% 75% 76% 73% 70% 71% 67% 71% 69% 72% 71% Dew point 26°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Aloomba (17.1163°S, 145.8349°E, 10m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:35am EST 5:58am EST 6:57pm EST 7:21pm EST 11:06pm EST 11:02am EST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 22 New moon Jan 29 First quarter Feb 05 Full moon Feb 13 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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