Warnings

Fire Weather Warning for Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central Sat 22 Feb 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
  
Fire Weather Warning 

for Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central fire weather districts

Issued at 04:04 PM EDT on Saturday 22 February 2025

Weather Situation
Hot and dry with fresh and gusty northerly winds. Winds remaining fresh and gusty overnight through central southern parts of the state. A milder, west to southwesterly wind change about far western parts this evening will extend into central parts during Sunday. Isolated high-based thunderstorm activity with dry lightning is also possible, most likely ahead of the change.

For the rest of  Saturday 22 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central

For  Sunday 23 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
North Central and Central

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 Sunday.