Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

10°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

11°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

16°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

18°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

20°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

6°C

9°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

5°C

12°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

9°C

18°C

Clear skies
Sydney

11°C

19°C

National Summary

Strong wind, rain & storms are impacting southern SA, Tas & Vic with a cold front. Showers over eastern NSW and southern Qld in unstable air. Onshore winds bring a few showers to southwest WA and the NT coast. Clear inland and northwest in a high.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Fri 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Cooktown Coast

VIC

Fri 02:38 AEST

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

VIC

Fri 02:38 AEST

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

VIC

Thu 23:51 AEST

Gale Warning for West and Central coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

SA

Thu 22:54 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Lower South East district

SA

Thu 22:54 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Lower South East district

TAS

Thu 23:15 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Friday for King Island

VIC

Thu 22:57 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West, Central and West and South Gippsland

NSW

Thu 22:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

NSW

Thu 22:52 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, ACT & South West Slopes

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