Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

13°C

18°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

18°C

24°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

26°C

31°C

Drizzle
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

25°C

32°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 18:16 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Mallee and Wimmera

VIC

Fri 18:16 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Mallee and Wimmera

WA

Fri 16:12 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts

VIC

Fri 17:59 AEST

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

SA

Fri 17:29 ACST

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

NSW

Fri 17:32 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Large Hail & Heavy Rainfall) for Riverina, Central West Slopes & Plains & South West Slopes

NSW

Fri 17:32 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Large Hail & Heavy Rainfall) for Riverina, Central West Slopes & Plains & South West Slopes

VIC

Fri 16:54 AEST

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

VIC

Fri 16:54 AEST

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

WA

Fri 14:52 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall, Large Hailstones & Damaging Winds) for South Interior, Goldfields & North Interior districts

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