Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for Heavy Rainfall, Large Hailstones And Damaging Winds
for Central Tablelands and parts of Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
Issued at 2:57 pm Monday, 5 January 2026.
Severe thunderstorms have developed this afternoon.
Weather Situation
A warm and humid airmass combined with an upper-level trough to generate thunderstorms across central and southeastern parts of the state today.
HEAVY RAINFALL, LARGE HAILSTONES and DAMAGING WINDS for the following areas:
Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, large hailstones and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Orange, Goulburn, Dubbo, Mudgee, Katoomba and Cooma.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Park your car under secure cover and away from trees, powerlines and drains.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.
For emergency help in flood and storms, ring the SES on 132 500.
Stay updated on the Hazards Near Me NSW app or the ACT ESA website (https://esa.act.gov.au).
The next warning is due to be issued by 6:00 pm.
Check https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts. Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.
Forecast
Albion Park Rail (34.5608°S, 150.7958°E, 9m AMSL) Albion Park Rail,NSW set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Albion Park Rail 7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers inland, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding inland. Winds S/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending E/SE in the middle of the day then tending S/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 24 to 29.
Forecast for Albion Park Rail (34.5608°S, 150.7958°E, 9m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary 
Minimum 17° 18° 17° 20° 20° 22° 17° Maximum 26° 27° 32° 36° 35° 41° 23° Chance of rain 40% 30% 5% 5% 5% 70% 50% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate High High - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 7
(km/h)15
(km/h)6
(km/h)17
(km/h)8
(km/h)21
(km/h)11
(km/h)21
(km/h)11
(km/h)22
(km/h)13
(km/h)14
(km/h)21
(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction S ESE E E NE ENE N ENE NE ENE NW NNE S SSE Relative humidity 68% 69% 81% 74% 70% 60% 52% 46% 56% 48% 38% 33% 73% 65% Dew point 18°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 22°C 19°C 21°C 19°C 21°C 18°C 21°C 16°C 15°C First light 5:21am 5:22am 5:23am 5:24am 5:25am 5:26am 5:27am Sunrise 5:50am 5:51am 5:52am 5:53am 5:54am 5:55am 5:56am Sunset 8:14pm 8:14pm 8:14pm 8:14pm 8:14pm 8:13pm 8:13pm Last light 8:43pm 8:43pm 8:43pm 8:43pm 8:43pm 8:42pm 8:42pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Albion Park Rail (34.5608°S, 150.7958°E, 9m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:21am EDT 5:50am EDT 8:14pm EDT 8:43pm EDT 9:56pm EDT 7:21am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Albion Park Rail sun & moon times
MondayFirst light5:21am
EDTSunrise5:50am
EDTSunset8:14pm
EDTLast light8:43pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseMon
9:56pm
EDTMoon setMon
7:21am
EDTLast quarterLast quarter Sun
Jan 11
New moonNew moon Mon
Jan 19
First quarterFirst quarter Mon
Jan 26
Full moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Mon 2:58pm UTC Severe thunderstorm advice NSWMon 2:58pm UTC Severe thunderstorm advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for Heavy Rainfall, Large Hailstones And Damaging Winds
for Central Tablelands and parts of Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
Issued at 2:57 pm Monday, 5 January 2026.
Severe thunderstorms have developed this afternoon.
Weather Situation
A warm and humid airmass combined with an upper-level trough to generate thunderstorms across central and southeastern parts of the state today.
HEAVY RAINFALL, LARGE HAILSTONES and DAMAGING WINDS for the following areas:
Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, large hailstones and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Orange, Goulburn, Dubbo, Mudgee, Katoomba and Cooma.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Park your car under secure cover and away from trees, powerlines and drains.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.
For emergency help in flood and storms, ring the SES on 132 500.
Stay updated on the Hazards Near Me NSW app or the ACT ESA website (https://esa.act.gov.au).
The next warning is due to be issued by 6:00 pm.
Check https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts. Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone°- Severe Storm Warning ( Rain, Hail & Winds) C Tablelands & Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, S Cst, S Tablelands, NW Slopes & Plains
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Temperature for next 7 days
0 Monday Monday 26 1 Tuesday Tuesday 27 2 Wednesday Wednesday 32 3 Thursday Thursday 36 4 Friday Friday 35 5 Saturday Saturday 41 6 Sunday Sunday 23 7 Sunday Sunday 23 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Monday Monday 5 1 Tuesday Tuesday 0 2 Wednesday Wednesday 0 3 Thursday Thursday 0 4 Friday Friday 0 5 Saturday Saturday 0 6 Sunday Sunday 0 7 Sunday Sunday 0
