Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

18°C

24°C

Partly cloudy
Alice Springs

22°C

39°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

24°C

32°C

Thunderstorms
Broome

26°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

26°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

23°C

Cloudy
Darwin

26°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

13°C

18°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

17°C

25°C

Clear skies
Perth

18°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

20°C

27°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Fri 21:52 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Conners-Isaac, Mackenzie And Fitzroy Rivers And Flood Warning For The Nogoa River Catchment

QLD

Fri 15:51 AEST

Initial Flood Warning For The Nicholson And Gregory Rivers

QLD

Fri 15:31 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Thomson River And Moderate Flood Warning For Jordan Creek, Alice And Barcoo Rivers

QLD

Fri 14:15 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Georgina River And Moderate Flood Warning For Eyre Creek

QLD

Fri 12:49 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Flinders River And Minor Flood Warning For The Cloncurry River

QLD

Fri 11:19 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Western River And Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Thu 20:17 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Suttor River And Minor Flood Warning For The Cape River

NSW

Fri 16:42 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

WA

Fri 19:10 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for North Kimberley, Gascoyne, Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts

NT

Fri 20:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Beagle Bonaparte Coast

ELDERS NEWS

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Severe NSW/Vic thunderstorm outbreak as flash flooding sweeps cars away

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Vast area of heat across Western Australia

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Ex-TC Koji funnels much-needed moisture to NSW and Victoria

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