Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for North East fire weather district
Issued at 04:09 PM EDT on Thursday 05 February 2026
Weather Situation
Hot and very dry conditions on Thursday and Friday. Moderate west to southwesterly Thursday afternoon tending light winds overnight, becoming moderate west-northwesterly to southwesterly again Friday. Slight risk of thunderstorms in the far east during Thursday evening.
For the rest of Thursday 05 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
North East
For Friday 06 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
North East
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.
Forecast
Archerton (36.8945°S, 146.2565°E, 936m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Seven day forecast
Today: Sunny. Light winds becoming NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 37.
Forecast for Archerton (36.8945°S, 146.2565°E, 936m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 14° 16° 17° 17° 17° 19° 15° Maximum 32° 34° 29° 28° 31° 30° 24° Chance of rain 5% 30% 80% 60% 40% 90% 10% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 1-5mm < 1mm 5-10mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Extreme High 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 3
(km/h)13
(km/h)4
(km/h)13
(km/h)5
(km/h)8
(km/h)3
(km/h)7
(km/h)4
(km/h)9
(km/h)5
(km/h)13
(km/h)8
(km/h)11
(km/h)Wind direction S WNW SE WNW ESE N ESE NW SE NW ENE NNW WSW SW Relative humidity 50% 16% 36% 15% 68% 49% 84% 46% 74% 35% 59% 41% 70% 37% Dew point 11°C 3°C 8°C 4°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 16°C 17°C 13°C 16°C 16°C 12°C 8°C -
Warnings
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Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Archerton (36.8945°S, 146.2565°E, 936m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 6:07am EDT 6:35am EDT 8:21pm EDT 8:49pm EDT 10:30pm EDT 10:49am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
Temperature for next 5 days
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Rain for next 5 days
