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 Thursday 04 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions with fresh and gusty northwesterly winds are expected for the remainder of Thursday afternoon and again on Friday over northern Victoria, resulting in elevated fire dangers. A cooler southwest to southerly wind change will extend from the west during Thursday evening. Winds will shift milder southwesterly over northern Victoria again during the late afternoon and evening on Friday. Thunderstorms with little or no rainfall are possible over south western parts and the Central district during Thursday and over the central and eastern ranges on Friday.
For the rest of Thursday 04 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country
For Friday 05 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee
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
Merbein (34.1679°S, 142.0609°E, 62m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming W/NW 25 to 40 km/h in the middle of the day then turning SW 25 to 35 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.
Forecast for Merbein (34.1679°S, 142.0609°E, 62m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary
Minimum 18° 19° 10° 11° 15° 18° 16° Maximum 38° 30° 26° 33° 35° 33° 34° Chance of rain 30% 30% 5% 5% 5% 10% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High Moderate 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 7
(km/h)21
(km/h)9
(km/h)18
(km/h)17
(km/h)8
(km/h)5
(km/h)11
(km/h)10
(km/h)8
(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)13
(km/h)Wind direction SW WNW SW W SSW SW WNW W S WSW SSE S SSE S Relative humidity 40% 11% 37% 33% 46% 18% 32% 13% 41% 18% 36% 18% 33% 17% Dew point 10°C 2°C 8°C 10°C 4°C -2°C 3°C -1°C 9°C 6°C 8°C 5°C 5°C 4°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Merbein (34.1679°S, 142.0609°E, 62m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:44am EDT 6:13am EDT 8:32pm EDT 9:01pm EDT 9:14pm EDT 5:46am EDT
Full moon
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