Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:45 PM CDT on Wednesday 12 March 2025
Valid for Wednesday 12 March 2025 to Saturday 15 March 2025
Warning for the following areas:
West Coast and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Lower South East
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 increasing from the high thirties to the low to mid forties over the coming days, with overnight minimum temperatures around the mid to high twenties.
Heatwave conditions are expected to increase in intensity and peak across western areas towards the end of the week.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the Lower South East district. Locations likely to be impacted include Oak Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 13 March 2025
Forecast
Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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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 E/SE 20 to 30 km/h.
Forecast for Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 24° 25° 26° 27° 24° 14° 13° Maximum 38° 39° 39° 39° 31° 26° 27° Chance of rain 5% 5% 10% 30% 40% 10% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate High - - 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 21
(km/h)25
(km/h)20
(km/h)22
(km/h)17
(km/h)16
(km/h)21
(km/h)11
(km/h)22
(km/h)25
(km/h)31
(km/h)29
(km/h)21
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction E E E E ENE NE NE NNE S S S SSE SE SE Relative humidity 31% 16% 30% 15% 36% 19% 34% 19% 52% 36% 67% 32% 33% 18% Dew point 9°C 8°C 9°C 8°C 13°C 11°C 13°C 11°C 15°C 15°C 9°C 8°C -1°C 0°C -
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 7:17am CDT 7:41am CDT 8:02pm CDT 8:25pm CDT 7:00pm CDT 5:35am CDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Mar 14 Last quarter Mar 22 New moon Mar 29 First quarter Apr 05 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
