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
Karkoo (34.032°S, 135.7298°E, 60m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Winds E/SE 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 35.
Forecast for Karkoo (34.032°S, 135.7298°E, 60m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 16° 16° 23° 18° 13° 12° 10° Maximum 34° 39° 41° 23° 20° 22° 25° Chance of rain 5% 5% 70% 50% 20% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating Moderate High Extreme 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 21
(km/h)16
(km/h)12
(km/h)15
(km/h)20
(km/h)27
(km/h)23
(km/h)33
(km/h)23
(km/h)27
(km/h)16
(km/h)19
(km/h)10
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction ESE ESE E ESE NNE NW SW SSW SSE SSE SE SE SE SSE Relative humidity 80% 32% 61% 19% 33% 25% 85% 56% 57% 45% 65% 44% 74% 37% Dew point 17°C 15°C 15°C 12°C 13°C 16°C 18°C 14°C 8°C 8°C 10°C 10°C 11°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Karkoo (34.032°S, 135.7298°E, 60m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:59am CDT 7:24am CDT 7:49pm CDT 8:14pm CDT 7:22pm CDT 6:07am 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
