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
Mangrove Mountain (33.3008°S, 151.1917°E, 283m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. The chance of smoke haze. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds N/NW 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 40.
Forecast for Mangrove Mountain (33.3008°S, 151.1917°E, 283m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 23° 22° 16° 17° 19° 18° 18° Maximum 38° 22° 25° 33° 26° 20° 21° Chance of rain 60% 70% 60% 60% 80% 90% 80% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme 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 17
(km/h)18
(km/h)12
(km/h)16
(km/h)8
(km/h)10
(km/h)4
(km/h)11
(km/h)10
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)15
(km/h)10
(km/h)11
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NNW SSW SSE ENE ENE NNW E SSW SSE S S SSE SE Relative humidity 30% 15% 66% 72% 80% 57% 70% 34% 81% 62% 89% 83% 88% 86% Dew point 11°C 7°C 16°C 13°C 15°C 16°C 18°C 15°C 18°C 19°C 18°C 17°C 18°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mangrove Mountain (33.3008°S, 151.1917°E, 283m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:10am EDT 5:39am EDT 7:54pm EDT 8:22pm EDT 9:39pm EDT 6:13am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
- Fire Weather Warning Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, U CW Plains & L CW Plains
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
