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Right now

Temp18°C

Wind11 km/h

Gusts17 km/h

Humidity44.6%

Rain 48hdry

Last rainNone recent

Assessment

2.5mm rain forecast

Heat warning (peak 28°C) — friction drops off as the rock and rubber warm up

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7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Thursday 12 November

Poor

Temp26°C

Rain3mm

Wind17 km/h

Gusts17 km/h

Humidity29%

2.5mm rain forecastHeat warning (peak 28°C) — friction drops off as the rock and rubber warm up

Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:30 14° dry 14 — 65%

07:30 16° dry 14 — 58.1%

08:30 17° dry 16 — 53.5%

09:30 18° dry 16 — 49.5%

10:30 22° dry 13 — 38.7%

11:30 26° dry 14 — 28.3%

12:30 28° dry 17 — 23.7%

13:30 28° dry 20 — 24.8%

14:30 28° dry 21 — 27.9%

15:30 26° dry 19 — 29.6%

16:30 26° dry 17 — 28.3%

17:30 26° dry 17 — 28.2%

18:30 25° dry 14 — 28.5%

19:30 24° dry 21 — 31.3%

20:30 23° 2mm 17 — 34.5%

21:30 19° 0.4mm 19 — 60.6%

Fri Friday 13 November

Poor

Temp25°C

Rain2mm

Wind19 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity45%

1.6mm rain forecast

Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:30 17° 1mm 11 — 73.3%

07:30 17° 0.1mm 12 — 83.4%

08:30 19° dry 9 — 68.8%

09:30 22° dry 16 — 52.6%

10:30 22° dry 19 — 50%

11:30 23° dry 17 — 51.2%

12:30 25° dry 20 — 44%

13:30 25° dry 20 — 42.5%

14:30 26° dry 20 — 41.9%

15:30 26° dry 19 — 42.1%

16:30 26° dry 20 — 42.7%

17:30 25° dry 20 — 44.2%

18:30 24° dry 19 — 48.4%

19:30 22° dry 18 — 56.6%

20:30 21° dry 14 — 61.8%

21:30 20° dry 9 — 68%

Sat Saturday 14 November

Good

Temp23°C

Raindry

Wind15 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity43%

Should be dry

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

06:30 14° dry 11 — 92.6%

07:30 17° dry 11 — 74.2%

08:30 19° dry 12 — 61.4%

09:30 21° dry 11 — 53%

10:30 23° dry 12 — 47%

16:30 23° dry 18 — 39.3%

Sun Sunday 15 November

Good

Temp20°C

Raindry

Wind9 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity35%

Should be dry

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

10:30 17° dry 9 — 43.8%

16:30 23° dry 9 — 26.8%

Mon Monday 16 November

Poor

Temp18°C

Rain0.5mm

Wind12 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity39%

0.5mm rain forecast

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

10:30 15° dry 20 — 44.8%

16:30 20° 0.2mm 3 — 33.6%

Tue Tuesday 17 November

Good

Temp18°C

Raindry

Wind13 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity40%

Should be dry

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

10:30 15° dry 12 — 49.8%

16:30 21° dry 14 — 30.4%

Wed Wednesday 18 November

Good

Temp20°C

Raindry

Wind4 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity33%

Should be dry

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

10:30 18° dry 1 — 39.5%

16:30 23° dry 6 — 26%

Thu Thursday 19 November

Good

Temp20°C

Rain0.1mm

Wind7 km/h

Gusts—

Humidity34%

Should be dry

Quartzite holds friction well when dry

Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum

10:30 17° dry 6 — 39.3%

16:30 23° dry 8 — 28.5%

About Moonarie

Moonarie is one of South Australia's best-known trad crags, on the south-eastern rim of Ikara (Wilpena Pound) in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, about 450km north of Adelaide. The rock is solid orange-red Pound Quartzite with good friction, on cliffs up to about 120m around Top Camp plus shorter single-pitch walls. From Wilpena Road, take the signposted Arkaroo Rock Road (dirt, two creek crossings; 2WD usually fine), then walk steeply up to Top Camp (35–50 minutes). Top Camp is in the national park, so camp fees apply and fires are banned; the lower camp is on private land. The main walls get the morning sun and afternoon shade, and there are always sunny and shady walls to choose from. It is remote with no facilities: the southern descent gully is dangerously steep, and exfoliating flakes can be loose.

Region: Flinders Ranges
Rock type: Quartzite
Aspect: east-facing
Altitude: 800m
Exposure: high
Seepage: low