Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSUNMONTUEWED
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

12°C

20°C

Rain
Alice Springs

20°C

32°C

Severe thunderstorms
Brisbane

22°C

27°C

Clear skies
Broome

28°C

32°C

Fair
Cairns

23°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

15°C

24°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

30°C

32°C

Cloudy
Hobart

13°C

19°C

Rain
Melbourne

13°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

17°C

26°C

Cloudy
Sydney

20°C

30°C

National Summary

Low pressure troughs and unstable air masses are generating widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across the northern half of WA, the NT, Qld and northeast NSW. Bands of rain with troughs have moved from SA to NSW and Vic. Dry over much of WA's southeast in high pressure.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

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