The weather will deteriorate into the afternoon, and traditionally it will reverse and become cooler as we move into the evening. The real threat remains in the next few days, and we will be having deteriorating weather from tomorrow all the way through to Wednesday.

The message to the people out there is quite simple - we will not be able to contain the fires before the onset of this weather.

People need to understand the risk is very real and they need to make appropriate decisions now, while there is still time, rather than leaving them and having to make them when you are threatened by fire.