The Wagga region appears to have avoided the abnormal weather set to grip the state on Thursday.
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The forecast of warm, windy conditions sparked fire-danger warnings across NSW on Wednesday, with land managers and property owners urged to rethink burning off on Thursday.
But Wagga’s Bureau of Meteorology officer Nigel Smedley said Wagga would not experience the 20-plus degrees and 70-kilometre winds predicted to sweep across neighbouring regions.
Instead, the mercury is set to reach a top of 17 degrees.
Mr Smedley said the wind was not expected to reach high speeds in Wagga either.
The NSW Rural Fire Service shared its fire-danger warning after almost 100 incidents involving illegal fire activity were reported across the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter and Central Tablelands regions this month.
Landholders “lighting up” in hot, dry and windy conditions were condemned by RFS as irresponsible.