Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Monaro Alpine and Southern Ranges fire weather districts
Issued at 09:49 AM EDT on Friday 06 February 2026
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions with moderate to fresh northwest to southwest winds will drive extreme fire dangers during Friday afternoon over parts of southeast NSW. Winds are expected to shift milder northeast to southeasterly during the evening. Isolated thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and bring a dry lightning risk.
For the rest of Friday 06 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Monaro Alpine and Southern Ranges
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.
Local Weather
Kowen Forest (35.3197°S, 149.2484°E, 615m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Canberra 35.1°- Dew point
- 0.2°
- Relative humidity
- 11%
- feels like
- 27.7°
- Wind
- W 28km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly clear. Winds W 20 to 30 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then tending NE/SE in the late evening.
Forecast for Kowen Forest (35.3197°S, 149.2484°E, 615m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 13° 15° 17° 17° 15° 17° 18° Maximum 37° 36° 27° 27° 31° 33° 27° Chance of rain 20% 50% 80% 60% 20% 60% 70% Likely amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High Moderate Moderate 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 7
(km/h)24
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(km/h)Wind direction SE WNW NW WNW NE NNE NNW NW NNW NNW N NW NNE NE Relative humidity 64% 15% 63% 18% 74% 64% 86% 66% 77% 39% 70% 33% 70% 51% Dew point 13°C 5°C 15°C 7°C 17°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 16°C 14°C 17°C 14°C 17°C 15°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Kowen Forest (35.3197°S, 149.2484°E, 615m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:59am EDT 6:27am EDT 8:08pm EDT 8:35pm EDT 10:20pm EDT 10:37am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
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