Warnings

Fire Weather Warning for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region and North Western Fri 27 Dec 2024

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
  
Fire Weather Warning 

for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region and North Western fire weather districts

Issued at 04:34 AM EDT on Friday 27 December 2024

Weather Situation
Fresh and gusty northwesterly winds combined with hot and dry conditions are resulting in elevated fire dangers on Friday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible through the day, most likely in the afternoon, ahead of a cool and gusty southwesterly wind change moving across the south and west, reaching the central areas later, and crossing the southern and central coast as a fresh and gusty southerly change.

For the rest of  Friday 27 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region and North Western

The NSW Rural Fire Service advises you to:
 Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
 Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.rfs.nsw.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
 Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.

For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.rfs.nsw.gov.au.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.