Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Fire Weather Warning
for Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, Upper Central West Plains and Lower Central West Plains fire weather districts
Issued at 04:10 PM EDT on Friday 05 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions combining with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds are expected to bring increased fire dangers to central and northern NSW on Saturday ahead of a south to southwesterly wind change moving through in the afternoon and evening.
For Saturday 06 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, Upper Central West Plains and Lower Central West Plains
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.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Saturday.
Local Weather
Homebush (33.8597°S, 151.0818°E, 29m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Olympic Park 27.6°- Dew point
- 8.5°
- Relative humidity
- 30%
- feels like
- 26.9°
- Wind
- N 2km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds N/NW 20 to 30 km/h tending W/NW 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.
Forecast for Homebush (33.8597°S, 151.0818°E, 29m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 21° 17° 16° 17° 17° 16° 16° Maximum 39° 24° 26° 33° 27° 23° 24° Chance of rain 60% 50% 40% 60% 80% 90% 90% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate High 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 15
(km/h)21
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(km/h)Wind direction NNW NNW S SSE NNE ENE NW E SSW SE S S SSE SE Relative humidity 27% 19% 69% 66% 70% 57% 71% 45% 76% 64% 82% 74% 75% 71% Dew point 10°C 11°C 17°C 14°C 15°C 16°C 19°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 17°C 16°C 15°C 17°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Homebush (33.8597°S, 151.0818°E, 29m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:09am EDT 5:38am EDT 7:56pm EDT 8:24pm EDT 9:42pm EDT 6:12am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
- Fire Weather Warning Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, North Western, U CW Plains & L CW Plains
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
- Heatwave Warning New South Wales
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