Weather Warnings - Heatwave Warning
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 03:01 PM EST on Saturday 07 December 2024
Valid for Saturday 07 December 2024 to Tuesday 10 December 2024
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Channel Country
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 high thirties to low forties, tending low to mid thirties along the east coast. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high twenties, tending mid teens to low twenties in the eastern districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to peak over the weekend and extend further east early next week, before easing in the east later in the week while persisting in the central and western districts. Locations likely to be impacted include Biloela, Barcaldine, Clermont, Hughenden, Isisford, Longreach, Rolleston, Springsure, Winton and Windorah.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Sunday 08 December 2024