Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:11 PM EST on Friday 28 November 2025
Valid for Friday 28 November 2025 to Sunday 30 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Gulf Country, North Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central West, Central Coast and Whitsundays and Capricornia
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 ranging from the low thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties.?
Severe heatwave conditions will continue to contract from western and central parts of the State over the weekend. Severe heatwave conditions are then expected to ease in the east by early next week.? Locations likely to be impacted include Burketown, Bundaberg, Doomadgee, Esk and Ingham.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Saturday 29 November 2025
Forecast
Lamb Island (27.6263°S, 153.3796°E, 17m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. The chance of fog early this morning. High chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. A thunderstorm likely, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds N/NW 15 to 25 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.
Forecast for Lamb Island (27.6263°S, 153.3796°E, 17m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary
Minimum 21° 22° 18° 17° 15° 16° 16° Maximum 33° 34° 32° 30° 28° 29° 30° Chance of rain 60% 20% 10% 5% 10% 5% 5% Likely amount 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger 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 9
(km/h)15
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(km/h)Wind direction N N WSW NE S N WSW WSW SSE E ESE ENE NE NE Relative humidity 68% 68% 53% 46% 40% 35% 29% 21% 48% 47% 53% 49% 53% 49% Dew point 23°C 27°C 21°C 20°C 14°C 14°C 5°C 6°C 13°C 15°C 15°C 16°C 17°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lamb Island (27.6263°S, 153.3796°E, 17m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 4:18am EST 4:44am EST 6:27pm EST 6:53pm EST 12:17pm EST 12:20am EST
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days