Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 4:23 pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025.

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 the rest of Thursday 18 December:

Extreme Fire Danger in the following fire weather district:
Wimmera

For Friday 19 December:

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Mallee and Wimmera

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 information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au.


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