Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

10°C

22°C

Rain
Alice Springs

17°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

20°C

26°C

Fair
Broome

28°C

34°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

23°C

31°C

Clear skies
Canberra

7°C

23°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

28°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

20°C

Fair
Melbourne

10°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

16°C

29°C

Clear skies
Sydney

14°C

23°C

National Summary

A moist, unstable airmass generates showers and storms over the northern tropics (including Darwin) and inland WA. High pressure delivers few showers to WA's south coast and keeps much of Australia's south dry. An approaching front brings showers to Tas and coastal Vic.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

VIC

Fri 16:15 AEDT

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

NSW

Fri 16:08 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Greater Hunter and Upper Central West Plains

NSW

Fri 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Fri 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & CN, Upper East & South East coasts. Cancelled Far NW Coast

WA

Fri 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin, Esperance and Eucla coasts

SA

Fri 15:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Far West Coast

WA

Fri 12:33 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Fri 12:33 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Fri 12:33 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Fri 12:33 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

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