Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

13°C

17°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

18°C

28°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

25°C

30°C

Drizzle
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

16°C

Heavy rain
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

10°C

23°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

17°C

25°C

National Summary

A deep low pressure trough is generating rain, storms and gusty winds, some intense, in a swathe from WA to SA, NSW and Vic. A gusty cold front to the trough's south affects Tas. Humid E'ly winds also bring a few showers to the northern tropics. A high is clearing southern WA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

SA

Fri 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

NSW

Fri 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts. Cancellation for Sydney Coast

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West and Central North coasts

QLD

Fri 03:28 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula and Cooktown coasts. Cancellation for Torres Strait

WA

Fri 01:07 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo, Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts

SA

Thu 22:37 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East

VIC

Thu 22:58 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning North Central, North East, South West, Central & West & South Gippsland. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Wimmera

VIC

Thu 12:34 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of Gippsland, North East And Central Victoria

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