Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

8°C

18°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

19°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

16°C

28°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

2°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

2°C

13°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

3°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Perth

10°C

19°C

Rain showers
Sydney

9°C

17°C

National Summary

A high east of Tas brings cool temperatures over southeast Australia and showers in onshore winds to eastern NSW and coastal Qld. Low pressure over the eastern interior brings isolated showers and storms to inland Qld and north NSW. Onshore winds bring a few showers to SW WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

TAS

Fri 16:42 AEST

Road Weather Alert for icy Roads for Upper Derwent Valley and Central Plateau

VIC

Fri 16:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Fri 16:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Fri 16:15 AEST

Gale Warning for Saturday for West Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Port Phillip, Western Port & Central Coast

TAS

Fri 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South West and Central West coasts

SA

Fri 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central and Lower South East coasts

National

Fri 15:49 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western, Southeastern, And Southern Areas

NSW

Fri 15:04 AEST

Initial Minor Flood Warning For The Murray River

WA

Fri 13:02 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Esperance and Eucla coasts

NSW, QLD

Fri 13:41 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Nsw)

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