Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Rain
Adelaide

15°C

19°C

Rain
Alice Springs

19°C

34°C

Fair
Brisbane

23°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

26°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

24°C

31°C

Rain
Canberra

12°C

27°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

27°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

13°C

17°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

14°C

19°C

Fair
Perth

14°C

28°C

Fair
Sydney

19°C

26°C

National Summary

Low pressure troughs and unstable air masses are generating widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across northeast WA, the NT, Qld and northeast NSW. Bands of rain with troughs are moving from SA into NSW and Vic.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Fri 18:12 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Southeast Queensland (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Southern Downs and Toowoomba Council Areas

QLD

Fri 18:12 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Southeast Queensland (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Southern Downs and Toowoomba Council Areas

NSW

Fri 19:02 AEDT

Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Maitland/Cessnock, Greater Newcastle and Gosford/Wyong areas

NSW

Fri 19:02 AEDT

Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Maitland/Cessnock, Greater Newcastle and Gosford/Wyong areas

NSW

Fri 18:49 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall, Damaging Winds And Large Hailstones) for parts of Mid North Coast and Hunter

NSW

Fri 18:49 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall, Damaging Winds And Large Hailstones) for parts of Mid North Coast and Hunter

QLD

Fri 17:28 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & Central Highlands & Coalfields

QLD

Fri 17:28 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & Central Highlands & Coalfields

WA

Fri 15:04 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe and Leeuwin coasts

VIC

Fri 18:04 AEDT

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

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