Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

13°C

18°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

19°C

26°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

26°C

30°C

Drizzle
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

16°C

Heavy rain
Melbourne

12°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

8°C

23°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

16°C

24°C

National Summary

A deep low pressure trough is generating rain, storms and gusty winds, some intense, in a swathe from WA's west through central Aus into southeast SA, Vic and NSW. Humid E'ly winds also bring a few showers to the northern tropics. A high is clearing southern WA and southwest SA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

VIC

Fri 12:34 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of Gippsland, North East, Central, South West And North West Victoria

VIC

Fri 11:49 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

SA

Fri 11:19 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

SA

Fri 10:32 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning Mt Lofty R, Murraylands, Upper South East & Lower South East. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Kangaroo Island

VIC

Fri 11:00 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for West and South Gippsland and parts of South West, Central and East Gippsland

VIC

Fri 11:00 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for West and South Gippsland and parts of South West, Central and East Gippsland

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West and Central North coasts

VIC

Fri 09:47 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Wimmera, North Central, South West, Central & West & South Gippsland. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning North East

WA

Fri 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts. Cancellation for Ningaloo Coast

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