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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory

Northern Territory Forecast
Issued at 2:30 am CST on Saturday 13 December 2025
for the period until midnight CST Tuesday 16 December 2025.

Warning Information
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210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation
A broad trough of low pressure over southern districts will slowly move north
towards the base of the Top End over the weekend and early next week.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 13 December
A slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms, increasing to a medium
to high chance in the Daly and Gregory Districts. Thunderstorms in the Simpson
and Lasseter Districts may be gusty with little, if any, rainfall. Areas of
raised dust in the southern Simpson District. Very hot in the Simpson, southern
Arnhem, western Tanami, northwest Simpson and southeast Barkly Districts, and a
little cooler in the Lasseter and southwest Simpson Districts. Light to
moderate west to northwesterly winds ahead of a moderate to fresh and gusty
southeast to southwesterly change extending northwards over the Lasseter and
Simpson Districts during the day.

Forecast for Sunday 14 December
A slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms, increasing to a medium
to high chance in the Tiwi, Daly, Gregory and northern Tanami Districts.
Thunderstorms south of Barrow Creek may be gusty with little, if any, rainfall.
Very hot in the southern Arnhem District and a little cooler in the Simpson
District. Moderate to fresh and gusty east to southeasterly winds south of
Tennant Creek. Light to moderate southwest to northwesterly winds north of
Tennant Creek, tending southeast to northeasterly from the afternoon.

Forecast for Monday 15 December
Sunny south of Alice Springs. A slight to medium chance of showers and
thunderstorms elsewhere, increasing to a medium to high chance in the Daly,
Gregory and northern Tanami Districts. Thunderstorms south of Barrow Creek may
be gusty with little, if any, rainfall. Very hot in the southern Arnhem,
southeast Barkly and far eastern Simpson Districts. Light to moderate east to
southeasterly winds south of Daly Waters, tending fresh and gusty in the far
southeast Simpson District during the late afternoon and evening and south of
Barrow Creek during the morning. Light winds north of Daly Waters.

Forecast for Tuesday 16 December
Sunny south of Barrow Creek. A slight to medium chance of showers and
thunderstorms elsewhere, increasing to a medium to high chance north of
Elliott. Thunderstorms south of Tennant Creek may be gusty with little, if any,
rainfall. Very hot in the southern Arnhem and southeast Barkly Districts.
Moderate to fresh and gusty east to southeasterly winds south of Tennant Creek.
Light to moderate southwest to northwesterly winds north of Tennant Creek,
tending southeast to northeasterly during the afternoon then becoming northeast
to northwesterly during the evening.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:00 pm CST Saturday.

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