Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Rain
Adelaide

13°C

18°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

9°C

19°C

Rain
Brisbane

19°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

29°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

19°C

28°C

Cloudy
Canberra

10°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Rain
Hobart

12°C

14°C

Drizzle
Melbourne

14°C

16°C

Cloudy
Perth

14°C

21°C

Cloudy
Sydney

16°C

23°C

National Summary

Showers & storms will scatter across Qld's south, NSW, Vic, Tas & SA as moist air feeds a broad trough. The showers will increase to heavy rain in Tas's east where easterly winds are moist & unstable. A high will clear SA's west, the NT & WA. A front will bring showers to SW WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts

QLD

Wed 16:09 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

QLD

Wed 16:09 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central North, Upper East and South West coasts. Cancellation for East of Flinders Island & South East Coast

NSW

Wed 16:01 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) for North West Slopes & Plains, Central Tablelands & Central West Slopes & Plains

NSW

Wed 16:01 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) for North West Slopes & Plains, Central Tablelands & Central West Slopes & Plains

WA

Wed 13:01 AWST

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

QLD

Wed 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Gold Coast Waters

TAS

Wed 13:39 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The South Esk River

NSW

Wed 12:59 AEST

Flood Watch For The Hunter And Parts Of The Mid North Coast

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Right on cue for the start of winter, a series of cold fronts will deliver a week of consistent showery weather for Perth and southwest WA, with light showers already scooting through the region on Wednesday morning and heavier rain likely to commence this afternoon or evening.

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Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

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Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

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Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

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