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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW SAT SUN MON TUE

MinMax

Adelaide

16°C

26°C

Alice Springs

18°C

35°C

Brisbane

19°C

27°C

Broome

29°C

33°C

Cairns

24°C

30°C

Canberra

6°C

22°C

Darwin

27°C

29°C

Hobart

11°C

16°C

Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Perth

13°C

23°C

Sydney

14°C

20°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	16°C	26°C	0.0%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	ESE8.0km/h	ESE17.3km/h	45.1%	44.5%
Alice Springs	18°C	35°C	0.0%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	SE14.2km/h	SE25.9km/h	17.4%	15.5%
Brisbane	19°C	27°C	53.1%	0.1 mm	Nil	Medium	SE8.7km/h	SE15.2km/h	81.3%	79.0%
Broome	29°C	33°C	9.9%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	NW15.1km/h	NW24.9km/h	81.1%	78.1%
Cairns	24°C	30°C	43.0%	0.5 mm	Nil	Medium	SW4.7km/h	SW14.2km/h	89.2%	83.7%
Canberra	6°C	22°C	0.0%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	ESE10.8km/h	ESE19.9km/h	49.3%	49.1%
Darwin	27°C	29°C	45.6%	1.0 mm	Nil	Medium	W11.8km/h	W25.2km/h	91.2%	87.5%
Hobart	11°C	16°C	13.1%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	SW9.3km/h	SW34.6km/h	56.6%	55.7%
Melbourne	12°C	16°C	4.1%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	SSE10.2km/h	SSE16.9km/h	61.5%	59.6%
Perth	13°C	23°C	21.4%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	SSW13.4km/h	SSW20.9km/h	60.3%	61.1%
Sydney	14°C	20°C	16.8%	0.0 mm	Nil	Medium	S11.2km/h	S23.1km/h	52.4%	53.3%

Warnings

Fri 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Fri 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

Fri 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts. Cancellation for Spencer Gulf & Upper West and Lower West coasts

Fri 04:37 ACDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

TAS

Fri 03:27 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay, Channel & Upper East, Lower E, SE & South West coasts

NSW

Fri 06:54 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Per Local & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance & Euclas

Fri 03:01 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Karroun, Lockwood, Roe, Lakes, Fitzgerald Inland, Fitzgerald Coast, Esperance Coast and Esperance Inland

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast. Cancellation for Central and Central Gippsland coasts

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Warnings

News from across Australia

White Christmas in Tasmania as summer snowfalls continue

Boxing Day Test weather: English conditions early, Australian conditions later

Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD

Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Australian region

White Christmas in Tasmania as summer snowfalls continue

Boxing Day Test weather: English conditions early, Australian conditions later

Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD

Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Australian region

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