Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

23°C

43°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

27°C

41°C

Fair
Brisbane

20°C

29°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

31°C

Severe thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

27°C

Clear skies
Canberra

20°C

38°C

Cloudy
Darwin

27°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

15°C

22°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

19°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

15°C

25°C

Clear skies
Sydney

21°C

32°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Thu 14:45 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Georgina River And Minor Flood Warning For Eyre Creek

QLD

Thu 13:35 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Thomson River

QLD

Thu 12:59 AEST

Flood Warning For The Nicholson River

QLD

Thu 11:24 AEST

Minor Flooding Warning For The Western River And Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Thu 10:42 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Flinders River

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Per Local & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance & Euclas

NT

Fri 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Arafura and Gove Peninsula coasts

QLD

Fri 03:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Cooktown, Cairns and Townsville coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Torres Strait & Peninsula and Mackay coasts

SA

Fri 04:35 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Invest St & Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper South East & L SE coasts

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Upper East and Lower East coasts

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