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
Razorback (33.0338°S, 149.8192°E, 985m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of smoke haze, mainly on and E of the ranges. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds N/NW 25 to 35 km/h tending W/NW 25 to 40 km/h during the day then decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39.
Forecast for Razorback (33.0338°S, 149.8192°E, 985m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 18° 16° 11° 14° 16° 13° 11° Maximum 32° 22° 26° 30° 27° 18° 17° Chance of rain 50% 40% 20% 10% 60% 80% 90% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme 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 22
(km/h)20
(km/h)16
(km/h)7
(km/h)11
(km/h)7
(km/h)10
(km/h)11
(km/h)10
(km/h)6
(km/h)14
(km/h)14
(km/h)16
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NNW W WSW E N NNW WNW E E SE SE SE SE Relative humidity 39% 22% 59% 52% 86% 36% 61% 25% 75% 50% 89% 81% 93% 86% Dew point 10°C 7°C 12°C 11°C 12°C 8°C 14°C 7°C 15°C 14°C 13°C 13°C 12°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Razorback (33.0338°S, 149.8192°E, 985m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:16am EDT 5:44am EDT 7:56pm EDT 8:24pm EDT 9:41pm EDT 6:19am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
- Fire Weather Warning Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, U CW Plains & L CW Plains
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
