IDN11111 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Orange Forecast Issued at 4:10 pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025 for the period until midnight EDT Saturday 27 December 2025. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Saturday 20 December Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Precis: Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 20% Forecast for Sunday 21 December Partly cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending west to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h in the middle of the day. Precis: Rain. Storm developing. Min 19 Max 30 Possible rainfall: 2 to 20 mm Chance of any rain: 90% Fire Danger: Extreme Sun protection 8:30am to 5:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Medium chance of showers in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the early morning. Sunny day. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h early in the morning. Precis: Early shower or two. Min 14 Max 25 Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm Chance of any rain: 60% Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Sunny. Light winds becoming southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Precis: Sunny. Min 10 Max 22 Chance of any rain: 0% Forecast for Wednesday 24 December The chance of morning fog. Sunny day. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then tending southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Precis: Sunny. Min 7 Max 23 Chance of any rain: 5% Forecast for Thursday 25 December Sunny. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Precis: Sunny. Min 9 Max 23 Chance of any rain: 5% Forecast for Friday 26 December Sunny. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Precis: Sunny. Min 6 Max 24 Chance of any rain: 0% Forecast for Saturday 27 December Mostly sunny. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h. Precis: Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 27 Chance of any rain: 5% The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:50 am EDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).