Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:35 PM EST on Friday 17 January 2025
Valid for Friday 17 January 2025 to Monday 20 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays and Capricornia
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 mid to high thirties along the eastern coast and adjacent ranges and inland areas, with overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions over the northern Queensland coast is expected to continue over the weekend, whilst Severe heatwave conditions over the east and the central coast will contract further north over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Ayr, Airlie Beach, Bowen, Cardwell, Gladstone, Hamilton Island, Ingham, Port Douglas, Proserpine, Cairns and Townsville.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Saturday 18 January 2025
Forecast
Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming W/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 36.
Forecast for Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 26° 27° 27° 26° 26° 27° 27° Maximum 34° 35° 34° 32° 32° 32° 32° Chance of rain 30% 20% 60% 70% 60% 70% 70% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 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 11
(km/h)11
(km/h)9
(km/h)19
(km/h)7
(km/h)17
(km/h)10
(km/h)19
(km/h)14
(km/h)21
(km/h)15
(km/h)19
(km/h)13
(km/h)18
(km/h)Wind direction WNW NE W NNE WSW NNE SSE ESE SSE SE SSE SE SSE SE Relative humidity 78% 63% 77% 70% 80% 75% 85% 77% 84% 77% 84% 76% 81% 75% Dew point 25°C 27°C 25°C 27°C 26°C 27°C 26°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 26°C 27°C 25°C 26°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m 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 9:28pm EST 8:39am EST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 22 New moon Jan 29 First quarter Feb 05 Full moon Feb 13 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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