Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Warning to Sheep Graziers
for South West and West and South Gippsland forecast districts
Issued at 10:57 PM EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025
Warnings for Sunday 21 December
Warning to Sheep Graziers for the following areas:
South West and West and South Gippsland forecast districts
Sheep graziers are warned that cold temperatures, rain and showers and southwesterly winds are expected to develop later Sunday. Areas likely to be affected include exposed coastal parts and adjacent areas of the South West and West and South Gippsland forecast districts. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Sunday.
Forecast
Dawson (37.9493°S, 146.7146°E, 79m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. The chance of fog in the early morning. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with destructive winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming NE/SE 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then tending W/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s.
Forecast for Dawson (37.9493°S, 146.7146°E, 79m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 13° 11° 10° 10° 11° 9° 9° Maximum 22° 20° 18° 19° 17° 20° 25° Chance of rain 90% 70% 40% 60% 30% 30% 5% Likely amount 20-40mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate 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 16
(km/h)20
(km/h)27
(km/h)26
(km/h)22
(km/h)29
(km/h)27
(km/h)34
(km/h)21
(km/h)29
(km/h)16
(km/h)20
(km/h)14
(km/h)20
(km/h)Wind direction ENE E W W W WSW WNW W W WSW W WSW E ESE Relative humidity 81% 88% 79% 55% 86% 52% 71% 58% 70% 50% 77% 53% 75% 44% Dew point 14°C 18°C 10°C 9°C 11°C 7°C 9°C 9°C 8°C 5°C 9°C 9°C 11°C 11°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Dawson (37.9493°S, 146.7146°E, 79m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:15am EDT 5:47am EDT 8:37pm EDT 9:08pm EDT 6:12am EDT 9:54pm EDT 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
