Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Monaro Alpine and Southern Ranges fire weather districts
Issued at 09:49 AM EDT on Friday 06 February 2026
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions with moderate to fresh northwest to southwest winds will drive extreme fire dangers during Friday afternoon over parts of southeast NSW. Winds are expected to shift milder northeast to southeasterly during the evening. Isolated thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and bring a dry lightning risk.
For the rest of Friday 06 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Monaro Alpine and Southern Ranges
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
Mount David (33.8608°S, 149.6041°E, 1100m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding on and E of the ranges in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming NW/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 34.
Forecast for Mount David (33.8608°S, 149.6041°E, 1100m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 18° 16° 15° 15° 16° 18° 13° Maximum 27° 20° 18° 25° 27° 22° 18° Chance of rain 90% 90% 90% 60% 60% 90% 90% Likely amount 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate 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 6
(km/h)9
(km/h)9
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)13
(km/h)4
(km/h)8
(km/h)7
(km/h)12
(km/h)7
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(km/h)15
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction NW N NE NNE NNW NW SSW SW NW WNW NW SW ESE ESE Relative humidity 53% 43% 85% 68% 94% 81% 81% 47% 72% 38% 73% 71% 87% 72% Dew point 13°C 13°C 14°C 13°C 15°C 15°C 16°C 13°C 16°C 12°C 16°C 16°C 13°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mount David (33.8608°S, 149.6041°E, 1100m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 6:01am EDT 6:28am EDT 8:01pm EDT 8:28pm EDT 10:45pm EDT 11:32am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
