Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country fire weather districts
Issued at 04:18 PM EDT on Wednesday 03 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions will combine with fresh to strong and gusty north to northwesterly winds to elevate fire dangers over parts of western and central Victoria. A cooler southwest to southerly wind change is expected to extend from the west during the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms with little or no rainfall are possible over south western parts and the Central district during the afternoon and evening.
For Thursday 04 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country
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 Thursday.
Forecast
Barnadown (36.6535°S, 144.5064°E, 147m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall in the SW in the afternoon and early evening. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending N/NW 25 to 40 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid 30s.
Forecast for Barnadown (36.6535°S, 144.5064°E, 147m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 15° 15° 15° 8° 9° 13° 10° Maximum 35° 33° 25° 21° 28° 28° 28° Chance of rain 5% 40% 60% 5% 5% 10% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Extreme High Moderate 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 15
(km/h)30
(km/h)6
(km/h)20
(km/h)13
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)17
(km/h)13
(km/h)22
(km/h)12
(km/h)23
(km/h)14
(km/h)17
(km/h)Wind direction NNE NNW E WNW W W SW WSW NNW WNW WNW W S SW Relative humidity 33% 11% 49% 20% 52% 47% 51% 26% 41% 19% 47% 32% 53% 26% Dew point 6°C 0°C 11°C 6°C 10°C 12°C 3°C 0°C 5°C 1°C 9°C 9°C 8°C 6°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Barnadown (36.6535°S, 144.5064°E, 147m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:27am EDT 5:57am EDT 8:28pm EDT 8:59pm EDT 7:57pm EDT 4:38am EDT 
Waxing 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
