Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

16°C

24°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

14°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

16°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

24°C

30°C

Rain showers
Cairns

19°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

11°C

24°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

12°C

22°C

Rain
Melbourne

15°C

23°C

Cloudy
Perth

13°C

21°C

Drizzle
Sydney

15°C

25°C

National Summary

A deepening low pressure trough is bringing gusty showers & storms to WA while a weak trough brings patchy showers to SA, Vic & Tas ahead of a cold front. Humid E'ly winds around a high are feeding into unstable air over eastern NSW, Qld & the Top End, bringing showers & storms.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Fri 18:17 AWST

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

WA

Fri 18:17 AWST

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

VIC

Fri 19:19 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for East Gippsland Coast

WA

Fri 17:05 AWST

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

TAS

Fri 18:17 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts

NSW

Fri 17:07 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hunter, Metropolitan and Central Tablelands

NSW

Fri 17:07 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hunter, Metropolitan and Central Tablelands

NSW

Fri 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Hunter Coast. Cancellation for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Sydney Coast

SA

Fri 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central and South Central coasts

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