Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, Upper Central West Plains and Lower Central West Plains fire weather districts
Issued at 04:10 PM EDT on Friday 05 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions combining with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds are expected to bring increased fire dangers to central and northern NSW on Saturday ahead of a south to southwesterly wind change moving through in the afternoon and evening.
For Saturday 06 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, Upper Central West Plains and Lower Central West Plains
The NSW Rural Fire Service advises you to:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.rfs.nsw.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.rfs.nsw.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Saturday.
Forecast
Collarenebri (29.5458°S, 148.5765°E, 137m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of raised dust in the W in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds in the afternoon and early evening. Winds N/NW 35 to 50 km/h tending W/NW in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 40s.
Forecast for Collarenebri (29.5458°S, 148.5765°E, 137m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 25° 27° 21° 24° 27° 24° 23° Maximum 40° 36° 36° 38° 38° 34° 31° Chance of rain 20% 40% 10% 10% 90% 90% 80% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High 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 25
(km/h)19
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(km/h)9
(km/h)20
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(km/h)23
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(km/h)12
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(km/h)Wind direction NNE N NE SW ENE W NE N NNE NNE ENE E ENE E Relative humidity 27% 14% 33% 23% 53% 20% 48% 21% 42% 23% 55% 38% 67% 57% Dew point 10°C 8°C 13°C 11°C 17°C 10°C 17°C 12°C 17°C 13°C 17°C 18°C 20°C 22°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Collarenebri (29.5458°S, 148.5765°E, 137m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:31am EDT 5:58am EDT 7:55pm EDT 8:22pm EDT 9:38pm EDT 6:36am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
