Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSUNMONTUEWED
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

16°C

Drizzle
Alice Springs

10°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

22°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Clear skies
Canberra

3°C

16°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Rain
Hobart

8°C

13°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Fair
Perth

11°C

20°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

22°C

National Summary

A northwest cloudband and troughs bring showers and the odd storm stretching from western WA, through the interior to northern NSW and southern Qld. A westerly airflow behind a front drives gusty showers to southern Vic, southeast SA and Tas. Showers and storms over southwest WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Sat 18:08 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South West and Great Southern districts

WA

Sat 18:08 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South West and Great Southern districts

VIC

Sat 16:44 AEST

Frost Warning for North East

TAS

Sat 16:22 AEST

Gale Warning for Lower East, South East & South West coasts

TAS

Sat 16:15 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for South East, North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau and Midlands

TAS

Sat 16:15 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for South East, North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau and Midlands

VIC

Sat 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Sat 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Eden Coast

National

Sat 15:35 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

National

Sat 15:35 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 8 For Western And Southern Areas

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