Warnings

Fire Weather Warning for Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central Mon 27 Jan 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
  
Fire Weather Warning 

for Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central fire weather districts

Issued at 05:09 AM EDT on Monday 27 January 2025

Weather Situation
Hot to very hot and dry conditions coupled with fresh to strong and gusty north to northwest winds will drive broad areas of Extreme fire danger over Victoria on Monday. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible across the state with the potential for dry lightning and gusty and potentially damaging outflows. A milder, strong and gusty southwesterly change is expected over the west in the afternoon, reaching central and eastern districts in the late afternoon and evening.

For the rest of  Monday 27 January:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera, North Central, South West and Central

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.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.