MONDAY has been declared by the Country Fire Authority as a day of total fire ban in the Wimmera and Mallee.
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The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a very warm to hot day with light north to north-easterly winds tending north to north-westerly during the morning and freshening.
Temperatures are expected to reach a top of 34 degrees in Horsham, 38 in Ouyen and 31 in Stawell.
In the west, winds will shift west to south-westerly during the afternoon and extend throughout the region during the evening.
Skies will be sunny at first with cloud increasing during the afternoon.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop in the evening. Raised dust is possible during the afternoon and evening.
No fires can be lit in the open air between 12am on November 30 and 11.59pm.
The authority advises people living in areas at risk of fire to activate their bushfire plan.