Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

20°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

15°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

22°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Fair
Canberra

6°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

15°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

7°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

12°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

13°C

22°C

National Summary

Cold fronts are sending blustery winds & showers across southwest WA, southeast SA, Tas & Vic. Warm, gusty winds are blowing across the interior & NSW. Showers in the northern tropics, mainly about the coasts, due to moist, unstable easterly winds.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Fri 12:34 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of North And North East Victoria

VIC

Fri 12:31 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast

TAS

Fri 12:04 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of The North, North East And North West Catchments

NSW

Fri 11:46 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Murray River

NSW

Fri 10:41 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Fri 10:41 AEST

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

VIC

Fri 10:31 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Loddon River

SA

Fri 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Investigator Strait & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central and South Central coasts

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for South East & South West coasts. Strong Wind Warning for East of Flinders Island & Upper East & Central West coasts

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