Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Central, North Central and Wimmera fire weather districts
Issued at 04:30 PM EDT on Tuesday 03 February 2026
Weather Situation
Warm and dry conditions Wednesday, combined with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds shifting south to southwesterly during the evening bring elevated fire dangers over central and western parts of the State.
For Wednesday 04 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Central, North Central and Wimmera
The CFA advises that you:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through ABC Local Radio, commercial and designated community radio stations, or Sky News TV, www.emergency.vic.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Wednesday.
Forecast
Armadale North (37.8553°S, 145.0191°E, 48m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds N/NW 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the early morning then shifting S/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon.
Forecast for Armadale North (37.8553°S, 145.0191°E, 48m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 19° 15° 13° 14° 15° 18° 16° Maximum 32° 23° 25° 25° 26° 27° 27° Chance of rain 20% 20% 5% 5% 30% 40% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Very High High Very High Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate High High No Rating - - 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 17
(km/h)15
(km/h)6
(km/h)16
(km/h)3
(km/h)12
(km/h)2
(km/h)14
(km/h)6
(km/h)13
(km/h)5
(km/h)11
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(km/h)12
(km/h)Wind direction NNE SW WSW SSW SE SSW SSW SSW S SSW SW SSW S SSW Relative humidity 34% 43% 74% 60% 69% 48% 71% 53% 73% 57% 73% 61% 77% 57% Dew point 8°C 13°C 13°C 13°C 11°C 12°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 15°C 16°C 17°C 16°C 16°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Armadale North (37.8553°S, 145.0191°E, 48m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 6:08am EDT 6:37am EDT 8:31pm EDT 9:00pm EDT 9:48pm EDT 8:47am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
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