Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Upper Central West Plains fire weather districts
Issued at 04:04 PM EDT on Tuesday 21 October 2025
Weather Situation
Hot conditions in combination with strong and gusty winds will result in extreme fire danger over the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and the Upper Central West Plains fire weather districts on Wednesday. West to northwesterly winds will shift west to southwesterly across the west and south during the day. Thunderstorms are possible with strong and potentially damaging wind gusts.
For Wednesday 22 October:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Upper 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 Wednesday.
Forecast
Mount Russell (29.678°S, 150.9301°E, 662m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers in the S, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds N/NE 25 to 40 km/h increasing to 45 km/h before shifting S/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 41.
Forecast for Mount Russell (29.678°S, 150.9301°E, 662m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 17° 16° 10° 10° 14° 14° 9° Maximum 33° 31° 29° 30° 30° 29° 27° Chance of rain 30% 5% 5% 20% 60% 20% 80% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Very High Very High Very High Very High Extreme Extreme Very High 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 18
(km/h)20
(km/h)9
(km/h)13
(km/h)8
(km/h)14
(km/h)6
(km/h)11
(km/h)15
(km/h)23
(km/h)15
(km/h)25
(km/h)15
(km/h)18
(km/h)Wind direction NNE NNW S W NNW WSW ENE WNW N WNW WNW WNW NW WNW Relative humidity 55% 31% 45% 19% 55% 20% 41% 21% 54% 36% 52% 24% 51% 38% Dew point 13°C 13°C 10°C 4°C 10°C 3°C 7°C 5°C 12°C 13°C 11°C 6°C 8°C 11°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mount Russell (29.678°S, 150.9301°E, 662m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:47am EDT 6:11am EDT 7:10pm EDT 7:34pm EDT 6:11am EDT 7:53pm 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
