Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

8°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

27°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

3°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

5°C

13°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

10°C

15°C

Fair
Perth

7°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

19°C

National Summary

Cool south-to-southwest winds are driving showers into southeast SA, Vic, Tas and eastern NSW. An unstable airmass is bringing showers and some thunderstorms to WA. Largely settled and dry weather elsewhere with a high pressure cell centered over SA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

NSW

Fri 22:20 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Hunter and Sydney coasts

NSW

Fri 22:20 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

VIC

Fri 22:00 AEST

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

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far NW, CN, South East & South West coasts. Cancelled CW Coast

QLD

Fri 18:26 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

NSW

Fri 16:50 AEST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands

NT

Fri 14:30 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Roper Groote Coast

TAS

Fri 12:17 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The St Pauls River

TAS

Fri 10:45 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Huon River

VIC

Fri 10:30 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

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