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 04:27 AM EDT on Saturday 06 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 today ahead of a south to southwesterly wind change moving through in the afternoon and evening.
For the rest of 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.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.
Forecast
Milparinka (29.7336°S, 141.8876°E, 126m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. Patchy raised dust, mainly in the NW. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds during this afternoon and early evening. Winds N/NW 30 to 45 km/h tending W/NW in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 40s.
Forecast for Milparinka (29.7336°S, 141.8876°E, 126m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 26° 19° 17° 20° 24° 25° 24° Maximum 44° 31° 35° 39° 41° 40° 37° Chance of rain 20% 60% 5% 5% 5% 30% 50% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate No Rating No Rating - - - 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 37
(km/h)42
(km/h)37
(km/h)20
(km/h)21
(km/h)14
(km/h)21
(km/h)12
(km/h)24
(km/h)12
(km/h)31
(km/h)17
(km/h)21
(km/h)12
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NW S S SE S ESE ESE ESE E SE SE ESE SSE Relative humidity 18% 10% 36% 16% 13% 7% 9% 8% 15% 9% 25% 16% 42% 20% Dew point 8°C 6°C 5°C 0°C -6°C -7°C -7°C -2°C 2°C 1°C 9°C 9°C 15°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Milparinka (29.7336°S, 141.8876°E, 126m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:57am EDT 6:24am EDT 8:21pm EDT 8:48pm EDT 10:05pm EDT 7:04am 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
