The NSW Rural Fire Service interactive mapping “Fires Near Me” showed 15 bushfire incidents in the Northern Rivers region at 1:16am this morning, Wednesday 18 October 2023.
These were spread across the local government of Clarence Valley (7), Kyogle (6), Byron (1) and Tweed (1).
Only one was classed as grassfire with remaining 14 being bushfires and, all were at “Advice” level.
Late last night the bush fire burning in the Tyagarah Nature Reserve north of Byron Bay and moving in a northerly direction towards Brunswick Heads was listed as “Advice” with the rider “Residents of Brunswick Heads should monitor conditions and be alert for smoke and embers.
Byron-Brunswick fire. IMAGES: The Echo, 17.10.23
As at 1:24AM Wednesday 18 October 2023 the NSWRFS fire danger rating for all seven local government areas in the Norther Rivers region – Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, and Tweed – was listed as “Moderate”, as were the the 6 coastal local government areas immediately to the south of our region.
According the Bureau of Meteorology at 8:30 pm EDT last night, Tuesday 17 October 2023, the general weather advice for the Northern Rivers is as follows:
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system with its centre near western Victoria is drifting across southeast Australia while a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is slowly moving east, bringing coastal showers together with cool and gusty southerly winds along the coast. Temperatures will gradually increase during the latter part of the week as the high stalls over the Tasman Sea while a trough reaching South Australia deepens into a low pressure system and heads towards Tasmania. A cold front associated with the low looks set to cross the state during the weekend with little rainfall for most parts.
