Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:10 PM WST on Saturday 13 December 2025
Valid for Saturday 13 December 2025 to Tuesday 16 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal and Great Southern
Cancellation for the following areas:
Gascoyne
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 thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to intensify over the weekend and persist over southern WA into next week.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the Gascoyne, however low intensity heatwave conditions may linger over the next few days. Locations likely to be impacted include the Perth Metropolitan Area, Gingin, Hopetoun, Katanning, Lake Grace, Mount Barker, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe and Yanchep.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Sunday 14 December 2025
Forecast
Mount Magnet (28.0627°S, 117.8492°E, 425m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower inland in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NE/SE 25 to 35 km/h tending SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.
Forecast for Mount Magnet (28.0627°S, 117.8492°E, 425m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 25° 24° 25° 25° 25° 26° 25° Maximum 39° 37° 41° 40° 39° 40° 38° Chance of rain 90% 30% 30% 30% 40% 90% 10% Likely amount 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High Moderate 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 30
(km/h)19
(km/h)30
(km/h)22
(km/h)20
(km/h)14
(km/h)12
(km/h)16
(km/h)18
(km/h)15
(km/h)21
(km/h)15
(km/h)16
(km/h)28
(km/h)Wind direction NE ENE ENE ENE ENE NNE SSW SSW ESE E E NNE SSW SW Relative humidity 35% 20% 32% 19% 23% 15% 35% 21% 34% 24% 31% 20% 37% 20% Dew point 15°C 12°C 12°C 9°C 10°C 9°C 14°C 12°C 14°C 14°C 13°C 12°C 14°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mount Magnet (28.0627°S, 117.8492°E, 425m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 4:39am WST 5:06am WST 7:00pm WST 7:27pm WST 1:06am WST 2:04pm WST 
Waning crescent
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
