Elder Weather

Forecast Current Conditions Synoptic Chart Satellite Radar

Warning

Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW SAT SUN MON TUE

MinMax

Adelaide

12°C

21°C

Alice Springs

10°C

29°C

Brisbane

18°C

30°C

Broome

26°C

32°C

Cairns

24°C

29°C

Canberra

7°C

21°C

Darwin

26°C

32°C

Hobart

9°C

14°C

Melbourne

13°C

17°C

Perth

15°C

24°C

Sydney

15°C

26°C

National Summary

Enhanced tropical moisture and an unstable air mass are causing showers and storms over north & west Qld & the Top End. An unstable air mass over southern WA is triggering showers & storms. A front moves up the NSW causing gusty S'ly winds and showers over Vic, Tas and SE NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	12°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	SSE 8.3km/h	SSE 11.9km/h	59.9%	79.3%
Alice Springs	10°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.1 - Very High	E 2.9km/h	ESE 9.4km/h	31.1%	45.9%
Brisbane	18°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.5 - High	NW 3.6km/h	N 6.1km/h	56.9%	74.8%
Broome	26°C	32°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.1 - Very High	SSE 8.6km/h	WSW 18.0km/h	43.9%	77.5%
Cairns	24°C	29°C	66%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	10.9 - Very High	SE 19.4km/h	SE 22.3km/h	82.3%	92.5%
Canberra	7°C	21°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	NW 15.5km/h	WNW 27.0km/h	56.2%	73.6%
Darwin	26°C	32°C	34%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	11.9 - Extreme	ESE 14.4km/h	NE 16.2km/h	70.8%	92.8%
Hobart	9°C	14°C	45%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	WSW 19.1km/h	WSW 31.7km/h	51.0%	68.3%
Melbourne	13°C	17°C	31%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.2 - Moderate	SW 10.8km/h	SSW 15.5km/h	58.1%	77.2%
Perth	15°C	24°C	23%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	WNW 2.2km/h	W 10.8km/h	66.6%	89.9%
Sydney	15°C	26°C	18%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.4 - Moderate	WNW 9.4km/h	WSW 7.2km/h	48.7%	74.4%

Warnings

QLD

Fri 17:29 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of North West, Central West and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders

QLD

Fri 17:29 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of North West, Central West and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders

NSW

Fri 16:38 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Saturday for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra coasts

TAS

Fri 16:26 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley

VIC

Fri 16:25 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North East

NSW

Fri 16:25 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Fri 16:15 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

TAS

Fri 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for Frederick Henry Bay & Norfolk Bays, Storm Bay, Channel & Upper East, Lower East & South East coasts

Fri 13:01 AWST

Gale Warning for Leeuwin and Albany coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Perth and Bunbury Geographe coasts

View all warnings

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

The coldest nights of 2026 to date await southeastern Australia this weekend, with temperatures falling to near or even below freezing across a wide area in the cool, dry airmass in the wake of a cold front.

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

It’s a wild and woolly afternoon in Tasmania as a cold front approaches from the west, with winds gusting up to 148 km/h at 4:49pm on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart.

Darwin heading for hottest day of the year

Darwin is forecast to reach 36°C this Thursday, which would make it the hottest day of 2026 to date by well over a degree.

Heavy rain in diagonally opposite corners of Australia

On a dry autumn day across the vast majority of the continent, relatively small but intense areas of rain are dampening two corners of the country more than 3,000 kilometres apart.

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

It’s a wild and woolly afternoon in Tasmania as a cold front approaches from the west, with winds gusting up to 148 km/h at 4:49pm on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart.

Darwin heading for hottest day of the year

Darwin is forecast to reach 36°C this Thursday, which would make it the hottest day of 2026 to date by well over a degree.

Heavy rain in diagonally opposite corners of Australia

On a dry autumn day across the vast majority of the continent, relatively small but intense areas of rain are dampening two corners of the country more than 3,000 kilometres apart.

Australian Weather Forecast

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

News from across Australia

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

Darwin heading for hottest day of the year

Heavy rain in diagonally opposite corners of Australia

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

Darwin heading for hottest day of the year

Heavy rain in diagonally opposite corners of Australia

Office

Information

National Weather

National Maps & Radar