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Emergency Survival Kit
Ideally, prepare your kit with all the following items, or at least make a list so you will know where to find them quickly in your home.
  • Battery-operated radio (with spare batteries)
  • Torch (with spare batteries), candles and waterproof matches
  • Strong shoes, leather gloves, hat, goggles and overalls
  • First aid kit and manual, and combination pocket knife
  • Medications, toiletry and sanitary supplies and a change of clothes
  • Special needs for infants, the aged and people with disabilities
  • Water in sealed containers - ten litres per person (for three days)
  • Three days supply of canned food (plus can opener and utensils)
  • Pet food, water and other animal needs
  • Portable stove with fuel
  • Tent or tarpaulin, and blankets (woollen and thermal)
  • Money, including change for phone calls
  • Strong plastic bags (for clothing, valuables, documents, and photographs)

Warnings

There are no current warnings

Local Weather

Satellite picture
NT Fri 5:30 pm CST

Patchy cloud is forming over the NT Top End in moist and unstable air, generating isolated showers and storms. Patchy cloud is increasing in the far south as jetstream winds carry moisture from the Indian Ocean but is causing little, if any, rain.



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Northern Territory Four Day Outlook

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
  Showers/thunderstorms in north, mainly northwest.
Mostly sunny and hot elsewhere.
 
  Showers/thunderstorms in north, mainly northwest.
Mostly sunny in the south.
 
  Showers/thunderstorms in north.
Isolated showers and storms in the southwest later.
 
  Showers and thunderstorms over most regions.
Hot northeasterly winds in the south.
 

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Coastal Waters

Cape Don to Cape Wessel Friday: Northwest/north winds 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest/north winds 10 knots. Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  
Daly river to Cape Don Friday: Northwest/southwest winds 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.<p>Saturday: Westerly winds 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  
Darwin Harbour . Northwest/southwest winds 5/10 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  
Northwest Gulf Friday: North/northeast winds 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/15 knots. Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  
Southwest Gulf Friday: North/northeast winds 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/15 knots. Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  
Wyndham to Daly river Friday: Northwest/west winds 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.<p>Saturday: Northwest/west winds 10/15 knots. Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots. Gusts to 35 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  

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Weather details

Yesterday's Temperature & Rainfall
Minimum: Arltunga, NT 19.0°C
Maximum: Elliott, NT 44.0°C
Rainfall: Pirlangimpi, NT 104.0mm

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Friday, November 21, 2008
Major Centres
Issued 21/11/2008 at 20:57AEDT
 
Alice Springs 21 - 29
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
Darwin 26 - 33
Thunderstorms Thunderstorms
Sunrise and sunset
Location21/11/2008
Alice Springs Sunrise 05:40
Sunset 19:02
Alyangula Sunrise 05:46
Sunset 18:35
Batchelor Sunrise 06:09
Sunset 18:55
Borroloola Sunrise 05:43
Sunset 18:39
Darwin Sunrise 06:10
Sunset 18:55
Jabiru Sunrise 06:02
Sunset 18:47
Katherine Sunrise 06:01
Sunset 18:52
Katherine Sunrise 06:02
Sunset 18:52
Nhulunbuy Sunrise 05:47
Sunset 18:31
Tennant Creek Sunrise 05:46
Sunset 18:53
Uluru Sunrise 05:49
Sunset 19:16

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