Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
Fire Weather Warning
for Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Mid North, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands and Upper South East fire weather districts
Issued at 04:08 PM CDT on Wednesday 03 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions combined with fresh and gusty northwesterly winds are leading to extreme fire dangers over central and eastern parts during Thursday. A gusty southwesterly change is expected in the afternoon and evening. There is also the risk of high-based thunderstorms with dry lightning over southeast parts of the state in the afternoon and evening.
For Thursday 04 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Mid North, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands and Upper South East
Cancellation for the following areas:
West Coast,Lower Eyre Peninsula
The Country Fire Service advises you to:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.cfs.sa.gov.au, and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfs.sa.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 7:00 am CDT Thursday.
Forecast
Lower Mitcham (34.9794°S, 138.6064°E, 104m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Winds NW/NE 25 to 35 km/h tending W/NW in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon.
Forecast for Lower Mitcham (34.9794°S, 138.6064°E, 104m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary
Minimum 21° 15° 15° 11° 12° 16° 14° Maximum 34° 27° 22° 21° 26° 27° 30° Chance of rain 30% 30% 20% 5% 5% 10% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate No Rating No Rating No 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 15
(km/h)16
(km/h)4
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)21
(km/h)6
(km/h)13
(km/h)7
(km/h)12
(km/h)4
(km/h)14
(km/h)9
(km/h)9
(km/h)Wind direction NNE WNW NNE W SW WSW SSE WSW N W SSW SW SE SSW Relative humidity 25% 22% 51% 32% 72% 61% 51% 41% 51% 33% 47% 39% 48% 31% Dew point 5°C 10°C 11°C 9°C 13°C 14°C 6°C 7°C 8°C 9°C 11°C 12°C 8°C 11°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lower Mitcham (34.9794°S, 138.6064°E, 104m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:26am CDT 5:55am CDT 8:16pm CDT 8:46pm CDT 7:46pm CDT 4:37am CDT
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