Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
Fire Weather Warning
for Avon, Swan Inland North, Roe, Arthur, Lakes, Stirling North, Stirling West, Stirling Coast, Fitzgerald Inland and Fitzgerald Coast fire weather districts
Issued at 03:23 PM WST on Wednesday 21 January 2026
Weather Situation
Very hot and dry conditions are forecast on Thursday with fresh and gusty northeast to northwesterly winds ahead of a fresh, gusty and cooler southwesterly change extending inland from the west coast during the afternoon and evening.
For Thursday 22 January:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Avon, Swan Inland North, Roe, Arthur, Lakes, Stirling North, Stirling West, Stirling Coast, Fitzgerald Inland and Fitzgerald Coast
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises you to:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.emergency.wa.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.dfes.wa.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am WST Thursday.
Forecast
Mills Lake (33.8719°S, 118.5606°E, 300m 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 during the morning and afternoon. Winds N/NE 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 45 km/h before shifting S/SW 25 to 40 km/h in the middle of the day, then decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 40.
Forecast for Mills Lake (33.8719°S, 118.5606°E, 300m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 20° 16° 11° 14° 15° 13° 11° Maximum 37° 27° 30° 30° 26° 22° 26° Chance of rain 20% 10% 5% 30% 10% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate Moderate High - - - 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 33
(km/h)29
(km/h)17
(km/h)17
(km/h)8
(km/h)12
(km/h)20
(km/h)25
(km/h)18
(km/h)20
(km/h)17
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)18
(km/h)Wind direction NNE WNW WSW WSW N NNW W WNW W WSW SSE SSE ESE SE Relative humidity 25% 15% 57% 29% 53% 21% 56% 27% 52% 29% 55% 40% 55% 34% Dew point 7°C 7°C 11°C 8°C 9°C 5°C 12°C 10°C 10°C 7°C 9°C 8°C 9°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mills Lake (33.8719°S, 118.5606°E, 300m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:49am WST 5:17am WST 7:18pm WST 7:46pm WST 8:24am WST 9:20pm WST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
