Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

9°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

4°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

6°C

13°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

10°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

7°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

18°C

National Summary

A low and front over the Bass Strait is bringing strong winds, showers and storms to Tas, Vic and NSW, falling as snow in alpine areas. Cool southerly winds are driving showers into WA's south and SA's south. High pressure elsewhere is bringing mostly dry and settled conditions.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

NSW

Fri 04:45 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Mid North Coast, Northern Tablelands and Hunter

NSW

Fri 04:45 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Mid North Coast, Northern Tablelands and Hunter

NSW

Fri 04:44 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Hunter and Sydney coasts

NSW

Fri 04:43 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning N Tablelands & Snowy Mountains. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Central Tablelands. Cancelled Southern Tablelands

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEST

Gale Warning East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning West, Central & Central Gippsland coasts. Cancelled Port Phillip & Western Port

NSW

Fri 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Byron and Coffs coasts

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far NW, CN, SE, SW & CW coasts. Cancelled Upper East & Lower E Coasts

QLD

Fri 04:00 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

QLD

Fri 04:00 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

VIC

Fri 03:04 AEST

cancellation of coastal hazard Warning for West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

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