Fire Weather Forecast Summary for Northern Territory

IDD10721

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory

Fire Weather Forecast for the Northern Territory
for Tuesday 24 June 2025

Issued at 5:30 am CST on Tuesday 24 June 2025.

Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.

Summary

Fire Weather District District Rating Max Sub Area Rating District FBI cHaines Wind Change Danger Index TAL Minor Fuel Type Rating >= Extreme
Northern Territory Rates Act   No Rating 9 4 31 0  
Palmerston   Moderate 12 4 28 0  
Un-Incorporated (Elrundie)   No Rating 8 0 0 0  
Coomalie   No Rating 8 4 8 0  
Litchfield   Moderate 15 4 26 0  
Darwin   Moderate 12 4 31 0  
Un-Incorporated (Cox-Daly)   No Rating 10 4 20 0  
Wagait   No Rating 7 0 0 0  
Belyuen   No Rating 8 4 23 0  
Un-Incorporated (Marrakai-Douglas Daly Area)   No Rating 9 4 10 0  
West Daly   No Rating 10 5 16 0  
Tiwi Islands   No Rating 6 3 15 0  
West Arnhem   No Rating 10 4 4 0  
Un-Incorporated (Nhulunbuy)   No Rating 6 0 0 0  
East Arnhem   No Rating 7 3 0 0  
Katherine   No Rating 11 4 0 0  
Carpentaria West No Rating NA 11 6 1 0  
Roper Gulf   Moderate 12 5 8 0  
Gregory North West Moderate NA 15 5 3 0  
Victoria Daly   Moderate 16 6 0 0  
Barkly   Moderate 23 6 1 0  
Barkly South Moderate NA 20 6 0 0  
Alice Springs   No Rating 9 7 0 0  
Simpson West Moderate NA 13 8 0 0  
Simpson East Moderate NA 20 9 0 0  
Macdonnell   Moderate 18 8 0 0  
Un-Incorporated (Yulara)   Moderate 14 7 0 0  
Tanami North No Rating NA 0 8 0 0  
Central Desert   Moderate 13 9 0 0  

Note

Fire Weather District Ratings are provided in conjunction with Fire Authorities.
District FBI (Fire Behaviour Index) is the representative peak FBI in the district. 10% of the Fire Weather District has a max FBI higher than this value.
When the table is expanded the forecast elements in the expanded rows apply to the relevant Sub Area rather than district.
Red cells indicate the value exceeds the weather alert threshold. For c-Haines this is the 95th percentile climatological value, for WCDI this is a value over 40, for Minor Fuel Type Rating this indicates Extreme or higher whilst the district rating is less than Extreme.

Tuesday

A slight to medium chance of showers in the northern Arnhem District. The chance of morning fog in the eastern Carpentaria and eastern Arnhem Districts. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Cooler across southern districts, with patchy morning frost in the northeast Lasseter and western Simpson Districts. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh and gusty in the Barkly, Tanami and eastern Simpson Districts during the day.

Detailed Forecast
for Tuesday 24 June 2025

Issued at 5:30 am CST on Tuesday 24 June 2025.

Fire Weather District Fuel Type and Coverage FBI FBI >= 24 FBI >= 50 FBI >= 100
Cover (%) From Dur Cover (%) From Dur Cover (%) From Dur
Darwin and Adelaide River Woodland 87% 12 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Spinifex 5% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 4% 10 0     0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Northern Fire Protection Zone Woodland 85% 10 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Grassland 9% 9 0     0     0    
Spinifex 5% 0 0     0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Daly South Woodland 76% 11 0     0     0    
Spinifex 15% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 6% 9 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Tiwi Woodland 92% 6 0     0     0    
Grassland 0% 3 0     0     0    
Spinifex 0% 0 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Arnhem West Woodland 80% 11 0     0     0    
Spinifex 16% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 3% 9 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Arnhem East Woodland 91% 8 0     0     0    
Spinifex 5% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 2% 10 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Katherine Fire Protection Zone Woodland 95% 12 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Grassland 3% 19 0     0     0    
Spinifex 2% 0 0     0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Carpentaria West Woodland 97% 11 0     0     0    
Spinifex 3% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 0% 16 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Carpentaria East Woodland 88% 12 0     0     0    
Spinifex 10% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 0% 23 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Fire Weather District Fuel Type and Coverage FBI FBI >= 24 FBI >= 50 FBI >= 100
Cover (%) From Dur Cover (%) From Dur Cover (%) From Dur
Gregory North West Woodland 74% 15 0     0     0    
Spinifex 21% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 3% 20 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Gregory South East Woodland 66% 17 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Spinifex 27% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 8% 34 5 9 9 0     0    
District Summary   5 9 9 0     0    
Barkly North Spinifex 42% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 32% 27 8 11 13 0     0    
Woodland 26% 12 0     0     0    
District Summary   8 11 13 0     0    
Barkly South Spinifex 74% 0 0     0     0    
Woodland 16% 17 0     0     0    
Grassland 10% 42 9 9 13 0     0    
District Summary   9 9 13 0     0    
Alice Springs Fire Protection Zone Woodland 62% 10 0     0     0    
Spinifex 37% 10 0     0     0    
Grassland 0% 20 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Simpson West Spinifex 48% 15 0     0     0    
Woodland 46% 12 0     0     0    
Grassland 6% 11 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
District Summary   < 1 NA NA 0     0    
Simpson East Spinifex 80% 20 2 11 3 0     0    
Woodland 18% 15 0     0     0    
Grassland 1% 47 < 1 NA NA 0     0    
District Summary   3 9 9 0     0    
Lasseter West Spinifex 81% 15 0     0     0    
Woodland 16% 12 0     0     0    
Grassland 1% 14 0     0     0    
Shrubland 0% 16 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Lasseter East Spinifex 81% 15 0     0     0    
Woodland 13% 12 0     0     0    
Grassland 5% 12 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    
Tanami North Spinifex 96% 0 0     0     0    
Grassland 3% 32 1 10 8 0     0    
Woodland 1% 17 0     0     0    
District Summary   1 10 8 0     0    
Tanami South Spinifex 83% 0 0     0     0    
Woodland 16% 12 0     0     0    
Grassland 0% 17 0     0     0    
District Summary   0     0     0    

Weather Information
for Tuesday 24 June 2025

Issued at 5:30 am CST on Tuesday 24 June 2025.

Fire Weather District Max Temp
(deg C)
Min RH
(%)
Wind (km/h) 1500 m Wind (km/h) Mix Height
(m AMSL)
TAL Rainfall
(mm)
Dir Speed Gust Dir Speed
Darwin and Adelaide River 34-34 32-35 SE 10-15 15-20 E 25 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Northern Fire Protection Zone 33-34 29-33 SE 10-20 15-25 E 20 2300 0 0.0-0.0
Daly South 33-34 25-27 SE 15-20 20-30 E 20 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Tiwi 32-33 46-48 SE 10-15 15-25 SE 30 2000 0 0.0-0.0
Arnhem West 32-34 35-40 SE 15-20 20-30 E 25 2300 0 0.0-0.0
Arnhem East 31-32 43-48 SE 15-25 20-35 E 35 1900 0 0.0-0.0
Katherine Fire Protection Zone 32-33 34-36 SE 10-20 15-25 E 20 2300 0 0.0-0.0
Carpentaria West 32-33 24-30 SE 10-15 15-20 SE 15 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Carpentaria East 32-33 26-31 SE 10-15 15-25 SE 15 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Gregory North West 32-33 23-26 SE 15-20 20-30 E 20 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Gregory South East 31-32 18-24 SE 15-20 20-30 SE 20 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Barkly North 30-32 22-24 SE 15-25 20-30 SE 15 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Barkly South 28-29 18-20 S 20-30 25-45 S 15 2400 0 0.0-0.0
Alice Springs Fire Protection Zone 20-20 18-20 S 10-20 20-30 SW 20 2000 0 0.0-0.0
Simpson West 20-24 19-23 SW 15-25 25-35 SW 25 2100 0 0.0-0.0
Simpson East 21-25 19-25 SW 20-30 25-40 W 30 1700 0 0.0-0.0
Lasseter West 20-21 18-23 S 20-25 30-35 S 30 1900 0 0.0-0.0
Lasseter East 20-20 19-27 SW 15-25 25-35 SW 30 2000 0 0.0-0.0
Tanami North 28-29 15-17 S 15-25 20-35 SE 20 2300 0 0.0-0.0
Tanami South 24-27 15-17 SE 15-25 25-35 SE 15 2200 0 0.0-0.0