Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Eastern Riverina and Southern Riverina fire weather districts
Issued at 04:53 AM 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 southern NSW today, before a late south to southwesterly wind change.
For the rest of Friday 05 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Eastern Riverina and Southern Riverina
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.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.
Forecast
Maude (34.4679°S, 144.3032°E, 75m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Winds N/NW 25 to 35 km/h tending W/NW 30 to 45 km/h in the late morning and afternoon then tending NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.
Forecast for Maude (34.4679°S, 144.3032°E, 75m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 21° 22° 11° 10° 15° 17° 15° Maximum 41° 33° 26° 33° 36° 36° 33° Chance of rain 5% 20% 5% 5% 5% 10% 60% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High 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 17
(km/h)29
(km/h)10
(km/h)25
(km/h)23
(km/h)16
(km/h)5
(km/h)12
(km/h)10
(km/h)14
(km/h)15
(km/h)18
(km/h)15
(km/h)15
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NW WNW W SSW SW NNE W S WSW SSE SSW S SSW Relative humidity 13% 8% 29% 25% 40% 18% 26% 14% 34% 16% 38% 17% 39% 25% Dew point -2°C 1°C 7°C 11°C 0°C -1°C -1°C 1°C 6°C 6°C 9°C 7°C 8°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Maude (34.4679°S, 144.3032°E, 75m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:32am EDT 6:01am EDT 8:21pm EDT 8:50pm EDT 9:03pm EDT 5:33am EDT 
Full moon
Full moon Dec 05 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
