Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026
Forecast
Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) Ernabella,SA set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Ernabella 7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the far W, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h tending NE/SE in the early morning then tending SE/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 30 with daytime temperatures reaching 40 to 48.
Forecast for Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary
Minimum 28° 27° 28° 21° 20° 20° 20° Maximum 42° 42° 41° 33° 32° 37° 38° Chance of rain 5% 50% 50% 30% 30% 20% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate High Moderate - - - 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)20
(km/h)6
(km/h)15
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)30
(km/h)29
(km/h)22
(km/h)15
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)15
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction N E WSW ENE SSW S SSW S S SSE SE SSE SE SSE Relative humidity 20% 13% 27% 14% 34% 18% 54% 30% 39% 28% 29% 14% 13% 8% Dew point 8°C 8°C 11°C 10°C 14°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 9°C 9°C 6°C 5°C -4°C -2°C First light 6:48am 6:49am 6:50am 6:51am 6:52am 6:53am 6:53am Sunrise 7:13am 7:14am 7:15am 7:16am 7:16am 7:17am 7:18am Sunset 8:35pm 8:35pm 8:34pm 8:34pm 8:33pm 8:33pm 8:32pm Last light 9:00pm 9:00pm 8:59pm 8:59pm 8:58pm 8:57pm 8:57pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:48am CDT 7:13am CDT 8:35pm CDT 9:00pm CDT 5:27pm CDT 2:48am CDT
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Ernabella sun & moon times
ThursdayFirst light6:48am
CDTSunrise7:13am
CDTSunset8:35pm
CDTLast light9:00pm
CDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseThu
5:27pm
CDTMoon setThu
2:48am
CDTFull moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
Last quarterLast quarter Mon
Feb 09
New moonNew moon Tue
Feb 17
First quarterFirst quarter Tue
Feb 24
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
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South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
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