Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSUNMONTUEWED
MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

13°C

19°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

11°C

21°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

17°C

24°C

Fair
Broome

21°C

30°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

6°C

16°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

5°C

17°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°C

National Summary

Onshore winds driven by an offshore low are causing gusty showers over eastern NSW and large waves in northeast NSW and southeast Qld. A front and moist air mass bring rain to SA and the NT's interior, with showers and storms in WA's southern interior.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

NSW

Sat 04:50 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds And Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

NSW

Sat 04:34 AEST

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

QLD

Sat 04:30 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Wide Bay and Burnett & Southeast Coast

QLD

Sat 04:30 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Wide Bay and Burnett & Southeast Coast

NSW

Sat 04:28 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Northern Rivers & Mid North Coast

NSW

Sat 04:28 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Northern Rivers & Mid North Coast

QLD

Sat 04:21 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Southeast Coast

QLD

Sat 04:21 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Southeast Coast

QLD

Sat 04:15 AEST

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

National

Sat 04:05 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

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