Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Far North Coast, North Coast, New England and Northern Slopes fire weather districts
Issued at 04:02 PM EDT on Sunday 26 October 2025
Weather Situation
Warm to hot and dry conditions, combined with fresh to locally strong and gusty westerly winds will result in extreme fire danger over the Far North Coast, North Coast, New England and Northern Slopes fire weather districts on Monday. The chance of a thunderstorm over the far northeast. A cooler, gusty south to southeast wind change is expected in the afternoon and evening.
For Monday 27 October:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Far North Coast, North Coast, New England and Northern Slopes
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 Monday.
Forecast
Dunoon (28.6819°S, 153.3185°E, 181m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny morning. Medium chance of showers, most likely at night. The chance of a thunderstorm in the N in the afternoon and evening. Winds NW 15 to 20 km/h increasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then increasing to 45 km/h before shifting S/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.
Forecast for Dunoon (28.6819°S, 153.3185°E, 181m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary 
Minimum 22° 17° 17° 16° 18° 18° 19° Maximum 35° 17° 21° 24° 24° 27° 26° Chance of rain 90% 90% 90% 80% 80% 50% 30% Likely amount 5-10mm 20-40mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate No Rating 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 15
(km/h)25
(km/h)18
(km/h)18
(km/h)10
(km/h)12
(km/h)4
(km/h)12
(km/h)6
(km/h)13
(km/h)6
(km/h)12
(km/h)6
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction NW W SSE ESE SSW SE WNW E SW E N NE NNE ENE Relative humidity 48% 19% 89% 91% 90% 77% 79% 66% 81% 72% 74% 60% 74% 64% Dew point 17°C 9°C 15°C 15°C 17°C 17°C 17°C 17°C 18°C 18°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 19°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Dunoon (28.6819°S, 153.3185°E, 181m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:33am EDT 5:58am EDT 7:03pm EDT 7:27pm EDT 9:29am EDT 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 New moon Nov 20 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
