{"id":406177,"date":"2026-01-11T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406177\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:12:27","slug":"30-degrees-heatwave-warning-issued-for-parts-of-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406177\/","title":{"rendered":"30+ degrees: Heatwave warning issued for parts of Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A severe heatwave warning has been issued for parts of Tasmania, with temperatures set to climb into the low 30s this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Meteorology warning covers the state\u2019s north-east, east coast and Midlands until Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-20s to low 30s by Wednesday, with overnight minimums climbing into the mid-to-high teens.<\/p>\n<p>Fingal and St Helens are among the areas likely to experience the hottest conditions.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens is forecast to reach 31 degrees on Wednesday, while Launceston could see consecutive days of 31 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/news\/30-degrees-heatwave-warning-issued-for-parts-of-tasmania\/itoxhfageo2xgywunto8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/811c8975-itoxhfageo2xgywunto8.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"itoxhfageo2xgywunto8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Heatwave warning issued for parts of Tasmania. Image \/ Pulse (File)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/811c8975-itoxhfageo2xgywunto8-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/811c8975-itoxhfageo2xgywunto8-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/811c8975-itoxhfageo2xgywunto8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Heatwave warning issued for parts of Tasmania. Image \/ Pulse (File)<\/p>\n<p>Hobart and the state\u2019s west coast will see milder conditions, with maximums staying in the mid-to-high 20s.<\/p>\n<p>A cooler change is expected from Thursday, accompanied by showers across much of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau said severe heatwaves can pose risks for older people, young children, pregnant women and people with medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are advised to seek cool places such as libraries or shopping centres, close windows and blinds early in the day and use fans or air conditioning where available.<\/p>\n<p>The warning is in effect until Wednesday, with conditions expected to ease later in the week.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A severe heatwave warning has been issued for parts of Tasmania, with temperatures set to climb into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,128],"class_list":["post-406177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}