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
Mole River (29.0069°S, 151.5646°E, 410m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers near the Queensland border, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe with damaging winds and large hail near the Queensland border. Winds W/NW 25 to 35 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 25 to 32.
Forecast for Mole River (29.0069°S, 151.5646°E, 410m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary
Minimum 15° 18° 15° 13° 13° 12° 15° Maximum 30° 29° 16° 23° 24° 27° 30° Chance of rain 30% 60% 90% 80% 30% 10% 30% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating High Extreme 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 12
(km/h)21
(km/h)15
(km/h)28
(km/h)24
(km/h)22
(km/h)13
(km/h)13
(km/h)7
(km/h)13
(km/h)6
(km/h)9
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)Wind direction N WNW WNW W E E ENE N NW W ENE W N NNW Relative humidity 74% 31% 42% 20% 72% 76% 71% 50% 71% 42% 63% 32% 62% 35% Dew point 16°C 11°C 11°C 4°C 11°C 11°C 12°C 12°C 13°C 11°C 13°C 9°C 15°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mole River (29.0069°S, 151.5646°E, 410m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:43am EDT 6:07am EDT 7:11pm EDT 7:36pm EDT 8:45am EDT 11:36pm 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