Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 4:32 pm CDT on Thursday 8 January 2026.

The Country Fire Service advises you to:
- Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
- Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station,
www.cfs.sa.gov.au, and www.bom.gov.au.
- Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.

For the rest of Thursday 8 January:

Extreme Fire Danger in the following fire weather district:
Mid North

For Friday 9 January:

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Mid North, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East

Weather Situation
Very hot and dry conditions with fresh to strong and gusty north to northwesterly winds expected over large areas of South Australia from Thursday into Friday. A relatively stationary trough extending from the west along the coast will strengthen and accelerate through the day, moving eastwards and bringing cooler and gusty conditions in it's wake. Isolated thunderstorms are expected, mainly ahead of and near the change. Little precipitation is likely with thunderstorms, bringing the risk of dry lightning and damaging wind gusts.

For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfs.sa.gov.au.



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