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 04:10 PM 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 central and northern NSW on Saturday ahead of a south to southwesterly wind change moving through in the afternoon and evening.
For 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.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Saturday.
Forecast
Myall Creek (29.752°S, 150.7005°E, 375m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the S in the late afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of smoke haze on the S slopes. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds on the S plains. Winds N/NE 25 to 35 km/h tending N/NW in the morning then tending N/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 41.
Forecast for Myall Creek (29.752°S, 150.7005°E, 375m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 16° 18° 14° 15° 17° 17° 16° Maximum 34° 31° 32° 33° 33° 29° 28° Chance of rain 5% 80% 30% 20% 80% 90% 80% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High 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 14
(km/h)13
(km/h)16
(km/h)14
(km/h)12
(km/h)10
(km/h)11
(km/h)8
(km/h)10
(km/h)8
(km/h)7
(km/h)6
(km/h)12
(km/h)9
(km/h)Wind direction NNE NNW N WNW NE N NNE NW NNE NNW ENE S ENE ENE Relative humidity 56% 25% 62% 38% 69% 43% 68% 37% 66% 40% 76% 51% 75% 56% Dew point 14°C 10°C 15°C 14°C 16°C 17°C 17°C 14°C 18°C 17°C 18°C 17°C 17°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Myall Creek (29.752°S, 150.7005°E, 375m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:20am EDT 5:47am EDT 7:45pm EDT 8:13pm EDT 9:28pm EDT 6:25am EDT 
Waning gibbous
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
