Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:36 PM CST on Sunday 06 October 2024
Valid for Sunday 06 October 2024 to Wednesday 09 October 2024
Warning for the following areas:
Daly
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast over western parts of the Top End, with maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties for the next few days.
Heatwave conditions are expected to intensify over the weekend and into next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Berry Springs, Humpty Doo, Nauiyu and Wangi Falls.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Monday 07 October 2024
Forecast
Tindal (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY24° 40° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:58am CST 6:20am CST 6:38pm CST 6:59pm CST NOW37.3° Feels Like: 33.8° Relative Humidity: 23% Dew: 13.3° Wind: E 22km/h Gust: 24km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1009.1hPa -
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TindalNow36.6°cFeels Like:33.3°Wind:E 20km/hGusts:26km/hHumidity:23%24°Min40°MaxToday in TindalMostly clear. Slight chance of a shower about the Cox Peninsula, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening.Tomorrow23°Min40°MaxSunny. Winds E 15 to 25 km/h turning N/NE in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. -
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Today: Mostly clear. Slight chance of a shower about the Cox Peninsula, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening.
Forecast for Tindal (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary Minimum 24° 23° 23° 23° 22° 23° 24° Maximum 40° 40° 40° 40° 41° 40° 39° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High 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 12
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(km/h)Wind direction NNW ESE E E NE ESE NW ESE SW ESE WNW ESE N ESE Relative humidity 64% 23% 47% 19% 43% 19% 48% 19% 53% 15% 57% 16% 52% 21% Dew point 23°C 15°C 18°C 13°C 17°C 13°C 19°C 13°C 20°C 10°C 21°C 10°C 20°C 13°C -
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12 Month Rainfall Forecast
Tindal Rain Forecast
Tindal 12-month Rainfall ForecastOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug2024202589877787911105012 - 34 - 78 - 910Well below normalBelow normalNear normalAbove normalWell above normalIssue Notes - Issued Oct 1
ENSO status: La Niña Watch. IOD status: Neutral. SAM status: Negative. Trending slightly negative. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in a La Niña Watch, meaning there is approximately a 50% chance of a La Niña developing this year. Overall, models are now starting to look more like La Niña, with more widespread ocean cooling occurring in the South Pacific, helped by the consistently strong trade winds. While these are good signs that La Niña is starting to develop, a declaration would likely happen no earlier than November, meaning this is more likely to be a late and weaker event if it does eventuate. A La Niña typically increases rainfall over northern and southeastern Australia during spring, but has little effect for southwestern WA. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is in a neutral phase and is now unlikely to develop into either phase this spring. Conditions are closer to a negative IOD at the moment, so there may be some minor increases in the frequency of northwest cloudbands impactingAustralia. A neutral IOD tends to bring a small increase in spring rainfall for southwest WA, but has little effect elsewhere. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is in a negative phase, continuing on from the initial sudden Stratospheric Warming (SW) events over Antarctica since mid-July. These events increase the chances of negative SAM events, but are having a lesser effect moving forward in October. A negative SAM increases the frequency of cold fronts. During spring, this increases rainfall over western Tas and southern Vic, but decreases rainfall over eastern Australia. Rainfall outlooks are showing close to average for most of the country during October, with a higher chance of above average rainfall for northern and eastern Australia, increasing further into November and December. Models are also hinting that rainfall is more likely to arrive in the form of showers and thunderstorms, rather than broad rainbands, meaning rainfall in practice will likely be hit-and-miss for most of Australia thisspring.
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Past 5 Days
Tindal Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Wednesday
Oct 0222.7 °C 38.7 °C 0.0 mmThursday
Oct 0322.2 °C 38.4 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Oct 0425.4 °C 39.1 °C 0.0 mmSaturday
Oct 0525.9 °C 38.8 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Oct 0625.4 °C 39.4 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Tindal minimum temp history (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 39.7° 01/10/2024 Coldest this month 16.9° 01/10/2024 Hottest on record 46.2 29/10/1991 Coldest on record 3.0 04/10/1990 Hottest this year 39.9° 30/09/2024 Coldest this year 6.1° 19/07/2024 Long term average 37.9° Long term average 24.0° Average this month 38.9° Average this month 23.1° Hottest October On Record Avg. max. temp. 39.4° 2013 Coldest October on record Avg. min. temp. 21.3° 2006 Tindal rainfall history (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 0.0mm 01/10/2024 Total This Month 0.0mm
0.0 daysLong Term Average 33.1mm 4.0 days Wettest October on record 165.7mm 1969 Driest on record 0.0mm 2006 -
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Tindal Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Oct 735.7mm 54.2 day(s) Total For 2024 781.8mm 71.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2023 707.0mm 56.0 day(s) Wettest Day 61.0mm Jan25 Lowest Temperature 6.1°C Jul19 Highest Temperature 39.9°C Sep30 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 34.2 34.0 34.5 34.2 32.4 30.3 30.4 32.5 35.9 37.9 37.6 35.9 34.1 Mean Min (°C) 24.4 24.1 23.2 20.7 17.4 14.3 13.6 15.0 19.8 24.0 25.0 24.8 20.5 Mean Rain (mm) 261.9 233.9 155.8 35.9 2.2 0.7 3.0 1.0 8.2 33.1 98.6 213.9 1049.3 Mean Rain Days 17.6 15.1 11.6 3.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.0 4.0 8.8 14.6 76.4