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.
Forecast
Mildura (34.1845°S, 142.1656°E, 38m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Seven day forecast
Today: Sunny morning. Medium chance of showers in the afternoon and early evening. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming N/NW 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 26 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 40s.
Forecast for Mildura (34.1845°S, 142.1656°E, 38m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 26° 19° 22° 12° 12° 11° 12° Maximum 40° 36° 31° 27° 28° 29° 29° Chance of rain 90% 40% 50% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High High Moderate No Rating - - 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 19
(km/h)22
(km/h)12
(km/h)8
(km/h)19
(km/h)27
(km/h)16
(km/h)11
(km/h)17
(km/h)18
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)19
(km/h)18
(km/h)Wind direction NNW NW SSW W NW W SSW SW SW SW SSW SW S S Relative humidity 31% 25% 55% 27% 51% 36% 56% 26% 60% 28% 53% 24% 51% 21% Dew point 16°C 15°C 13°C 13°C 16°C 13°C 8°C 5°C 10°C 6°C 7°C 5°C 7°C 3°C -
Warnings
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Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mildura (34.1845°S, 142.1656°E, 38m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:46am EDT 6:15am EDT 8:42pm EDT 9:11pm EDT 5:02am EDT 8:18pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
Temperature for next 5 days
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Rain for next 5 days
