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Patchy rain & storms are occurring over the interior in weak troughs. Showers are scattering along the coasts of northern NSW, Qld & the NT in onshore winds. A high is causing skies to clear across the eastern interior, southern NSW, Vic & Tas, leading to a chilly night.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	6°C	20°C	8%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.8 - Moderate	ENE 4.3km/h	NW 9.4km/h	51.0%	77.0%
Alice Springs	10°C	27°C	32%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.1 - Very High	E 12.6km/h	ESE 15.1km/h	42.5%	61.5%
Brisbane	14°C	22°C	28%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.7 - High	SSE 8.3km/h	E 11.5km/h	62.2%	84.8%
Broome	20°C	32°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.5 - Very High	SSE 8.3km/h	W 22.3km/h	62.4%	90.2%
Cairns	19°C	25°C	56%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.4 - Extreme	SSE 19.8km/h	SE 25.6km/h	68.8%	83.6%
Canberra	6°C	20°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	NNW 5.0km/h	NNW 16.9km/h	64.1%	81.8%
Darwin	25°C	33°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.1 - Extreme	E 10.8km/h	NE 14.4km/h	60.8%	75.2%
Hobart	5°C	19°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.2 - Moderate	N 9.4km/h	NNE 10.4km/h	45.6%	72.8%
Melbourne	9°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.1 - Moderate	NNE 6.8km/h	N 14.4km/h	59.1%	80.4%
Perth	13°C	26°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	NE 14.0km/h	NW 8.6km/h	61.0%	77.2%
Sydney	11°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	WNW 6.5km/h	ENE 16.9km/h	72.3%	86.2%

Warnings

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts. Cancellation for Lower East Coast

Fri 19:52 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin Coast

National

Fri 21:49 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

QLD

Fri 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay coasts

NSW

Fri 16:56 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts. Cancellation for Illawarra, Sydney and Batemans coasts

VIC

Fri 11:01 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

Thu 10:15 ACST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Flinders and Mid North

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Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

Australia's golden canola crop visible from space

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Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

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