Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Mallee and Wimmera fire weather districts
Issued at 04:23 PM EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions over northwest Victoria, with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds will shift moderate to fresh and gusty south to southwesterly during the evening and lead to elevated fire dangers remaining into the evening Thursday.
Hot and dry conditions over northwest Victoria, with fresh and gusty northwesterly winds, shifting to fresh and gusty southwesterly from the late afternoon into the evening will cause elevated fire dangers during Friday.
For the rest of Thursday 18 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Wimmera
For Friday 19 December:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee and Wimmera
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 Friday.
Local Weather
Stawell (37.0557°S, 142.7794°E, 253m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Stawell 38.9°- Dew point
- -7.5°
- Relative humidity
- 5%
- feels like
- 31.0°
- Wind
- NW 26km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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7 day forecast
Today: Clear. Winds W 25 to 35 km/h turning S 15 to 25 km/h in the evening.
Forecast for Stawell (37.0557°S, 142.7794°E, 253m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 14° 17° 13° 13° 10° 9° 8° Maximum 40° 37° 30° 25° 23° 22° 23° Chance of rain 5% 20% 70% 60% 10% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Extreme High 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 7
(km/h)24
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(km/h)18
(km/h)14
(km/h)11
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(km/h)15
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(km/h)Wind direction N WNW NNE W SSW WSW WSW WNW WSW WSW WSW WSW W WSW Relative humidity 32% 6% 31% 15% 67% 20% 67% 54% 67% 32% 71% 32% 70% 34% Dew point 8°C -5°C 9°C 6°C 11°C 3°C 13°C 14°C 7°C 4°C 9°C 4°C 8°C 5°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Stawell (37.0557°S, 142.7794°E, 253m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:33am EDT 6:04am EDT 8:47pm EDT 9:17pm EDT 4:09am EDT 7:28pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
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