Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Mallee and Wimmera fire weather districts
Issued at 04:23 PM EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions over northwest Victoria, with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds will shift moderate to fresh and gusty south to southwesterly during the evening and lead to elevated fire dangers remaining into the evening Thursday.
Hot and dry conditions over northwest Victoria, with fresh and gusty northwesterly winds, shifting to fresh and gusty southwesterly from the late afternoon into the evening will cause elevated fire dangers during Friday.
For the rest of Thursday 18 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Wimmera
For Friday 19 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee 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 Friday.
Forecast
Lake Tyrrell (35.309°S, 142.7795°E, 49m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the afternoon and early evening. A thunderstorm likely. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming N/NW 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 26 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 40s.
Forecast for Lake Tyrrell (35.309°S, 142.7795°E, 49m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 23° 15° 19° 11° 10° 9° 10° Maximum 41° 36° 31° 27° 27° 29° 28° Chance of rain 90% 60% 60% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High High 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 18
(km/h)22
(km/h)14
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)29
(km/h)16
(km/h)13
(km/h)16
(km/h)21
(km/h)16
(km/h)21
(km/h)18
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(km/h)Wind direction NNW NW SW WSW WNW W SW SW SW WSW SW SW SSW - Relative humidity 27% 21% 58% 23% 49% 40% 55% 28% 59% 29% 55% 28% 53% n/a Dew point 11°C 15°C 10°C 10°C 14°C 16°C 6°C 6°C 7°C 7°C 7°C 7°C 6°C n/a -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lake Tyrrell (35.309°S, 142.7795°E, 49m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:42am EDT 6:12am EDT 8:43pm EDT 9:13pm EDT 4:58am EDT 8:20pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
