Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSUNMONTUEWED
MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

14°C

20°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

12°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

17°C

24°C

Fair
Broome

22°C

28°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

26°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

7°C

14°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

18°C

Clear skies
Perth

4°C

18°C

Cloudy
Sydney

14°C

19°C

National Summary

Front and a moist, unstable air mass brings rain to central and south Australia. Onshore winds are directing showers into eastern NSW and southeast Qld. High pressure produces dry weather elsewhere. Onshore winds directing showers over northeast QLD, coastal NT and northwest WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

NSW

Sat 21:25 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

QLD

Sat 17:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast Waters & Capricornia and K'gari coasts. Cancellation for Hervey Bay

SA

Sat 16:39 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Lower West and Central coasts

QLD

Sat 16:24 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

NSW

Sat 16:22 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

QLD

Sat 16:14 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Southeast Coast

QLD

Sat 16:14 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Southeast Coast

NSW

Sat 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Byron and Coffs coasts. Cancellation for Macquarie Coast

National

Sat 15:18 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

National

Sat 15:11 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

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