Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:43 PM WST on Wednesday 10 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 10 December 2025 to Friday 12 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Pilbara, Gascoyne, North Interior and South Interior
Cancellation for the following areas:
Kimberley
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 ranging from the high thirties to the mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to contract slowly southwards and ease over the next few days.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased in the Kimberley. Locations likely to be impacted include Karratha, Kiwirrkurra, Newman, Paraburdoo and Warburton.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Thursday 11 December 2025
Forecast
Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the NW, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with damaging winds in the W. Winds NE/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/NE in the morning. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low 40s.
Forecast for Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 25° 26° 21° 21° 22° 25° 24° Maximum 41° 38° 33° 36° 39° 39° 40° Chance of rain 60% 80% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating 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 15
(km/h)10
(km/h)19
(km/h)12
(km/h)24
(km/h)22
(km/h)27
(km/h)25
(km/h)28
(km/h)24
(km/h)24
(km/h)14
(km/h)20
(km/h)13
(km/h)Wind direction NNW SW SE SSE SE SE ESE SE E SE ENE SE ENE SE Relative humidity 22% 16% 24% 21% 46% 31% 28% 18% 17% 13% 16% 11% 11% 8% Dew point 11°C 9°C 11°C 11°C 14°C 13°C 9°C 7°C 3°C 5°C 4°C 3°C 0°C -1°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 4:08am WST 4:34am WST 6:19pm WST 6:45pm WST 11:34pm WST 10:46am WST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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