Forecast

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

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Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning

for Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury and Sydney areas.

Issued at 6:54 pm Friday, 19 December 2025.

Severe thunderstorms have temporarily eased.

Warning for the following areas:
New South Wales Anonymous Locale 1
Severe thunderstorms in the warning area have temporarily eased. However, the redevelopment of severe thunderstorms remains possible. The situation is being closely monitored and further detailed warnings will be issued as necessary.
A 100 km/h wind gust was observed at High Range at 4:15 pm.
Cancellation for the following areas:
Wollondilly/Wingecarribee,Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury,Sydney

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Keep clear of fallen power lines.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* Beware of fallen trees or debris on the road.
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.gov.au).
A more general severe thunderstorm warning is also current for parts of the Hunter, Metropolitan, Central Tablelands, Riverina, Lower Western and Central West Slopes and Plains districts.
Other warnings may be current.

The next warning is due to be issued by 7:55 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.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning

for Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury and Sydney areas.

Issued at 6:54 pm Friday, 19 December 2025.

Severe thunderstorms have temporarily eased.

Warning for the following areas:
New South Wales Anonymous Locale 1
Severe thunderstorms in the warning area have temporarily eased. However, the redevelopment of severe thunderstorms remains possible. The situation is being closely monitored and further detailed warnings will be issued as necessary.
A 100 km/h wind gust was observed at High Range at 4:15 pm.
Cancellation for the following areas:
Wollondilly/Wingecarribee,Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury,Sydney

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Keep clear of fallen power lines.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* Beware of fallen trees or debris on the road.
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.gov.au).
A more general severe thunderstorm warning is also current for parts of the Hunter, Metropolitan, Central Tablelands, Riverina, Lower Western and Central West Slopes and Plains districts.
Other warnings may be current.

The next warning is due to be issued by 7:55 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.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Heatwave Warning

Issued at 02:45 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Metropolitan
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina and Lower 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.

In northern districts expect maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties. Heatwave conditions are expected to contract to the east over the coming week.

About the south and ranges maximum temperatures in the mid twenties to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens to low twenties. Temperatures continue to decrease over the weekend, with severe heatwave conditions expected ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Dubbo, Goulburn, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth and Wollongong.

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025