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 05:17 AM EDT on Monday 27 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 the rest of 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.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.
Forecast
Rappville (29.0848°S, 152.9531°E, 52m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely later tonight. Winds W 25 to 40 km/h shifting S/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the evening.
Forecast for Rappville (29.0848°S, 152.9531°E, 52m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary
Minimum 21° 15° 14° 15° 17° 18° 18° Maximum 37° 19° 23° 27° 29° 28° 31° Chance of rain 90% 90% 90% 60% 50% 90% 50% Likely amount 1-5mm 20-40mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm UV index Very High Extreme Very High Very High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate No Rating No Rating 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 19
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)18
(km/h)12
(km/h)13
(km/h)7
(km/h)10
(km/h)7
(km/h)13
(km/h)9
(km/h)12
(km/h)8
(km/h)17
(km/h)Wind direction NW W S SSE SW SE NW NE W E N NE NNE NE Relative humidity 40% 12% 92% 96% 94% 81% 81% 53% 78% 51% 76% 61% 79% 54% Dew point 16°C 5°C 17°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 18°C 16°C 19°C 17°C 21°C 19°C 21°C 20°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Rappville (29.0848°S, 152.9531°E, 52m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:35am EDT 6:00am EDT 7:04pm EDT 7:29pm EDT 9:31am 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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