Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Upper Central West Plains fire weather districts
Issued at 04:04 PM EDT on Tuesday 21 October 2025
Weather Situation
Hot conditions in combination with strong and gusty winds will result in extreme fire danger over the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and the Upper Central West Plains fire weather districts on Wednesday. West to northwesterly winds will shift west to southwesterly across the west and south during the day. Thunderstorms are possible with strong and potentially damaging wind gusts.
For Wednesday 22 October:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Upper 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 Wednesday.
Forecast
Delroy Gardens (32.25°S, 148.5666°E, 297m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower on the S slopes, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds N 20 to 30 km/h tending NE in the evening.
Forecast for Delroy Gardens (32.25°S, 148.5666°E, 297m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 16° 24° 9° 8° 8° 14° 9° Maximum 38° 36° 27° 27° 29° 30° 23° Chance of rain 20% 60% 5% 5% 40% 90% 20% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm UV index Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating High High Moderate Moderate Moderate - - 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 9
(km/h)20
(km/h)40
(km/h)33
(km/h)17
(km/h)13
(km/h)10
(km/h)19
(km/h)11
(km/h)15
(km/h)17
(km/h)31
(km/h)19
(km/h)27
(km/h)Wind direction ESE NNE NNE WNW S SW SSW WSW E W NNW WNW WSW WSW Relative humidity 40% 25% 42% 28% 61% 28% 59% 21% 57% 27% 61% 46% 64% 30% Dew point 12°C 13°C 16°C 13°C 8°C 7°C 9°C 2°C 10°C 7°C 14°C 16°C 9°C 4°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Delroy Gardens (32.25°S, 148.5666°E, 297m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:55am EDT 6:20am EDT 7:22pm EDT 7:47pm EDT 5:50am EDT 7:11pm EDT 
New moon
New moon Oct 21 First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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