Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

13°C

23°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

21°C

35°C

Cloudy
Brisbane

22°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Broome

29°C

34°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

24°C

31°C

Clear skies
Canberra

11°C

28°C

Severe thunderstorms
Darwin

26°C

29°C

Rain showers
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Perth

24°C

37°C

Clear skies
Sydney

19°C

30°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 Wednesday

Warnings

WA

Wed 03:05 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin, Albany and Esperance coasts

QLD

Wed 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Gold Coast Waters

SA

Wed 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf

TAS

Wed 04:00 AEDT

Gale Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Storm Bay, Channel & CN, Lower East, South East, South West & CW coasts

NSW

Wed 04:04 AEDT

Gale Warning for Eden Coast

VIC

Wed 04:10 AEDT

Gale Warning Central Gippsland & E Gippslands. Strong Wind Warning Port Phillip, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes & West & Central coasts

TAS

Wed 04:34 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley and South East

TAS

Wed 04:34 AEDT

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western

WA

Wed 04:16 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Yarra Yarra and Swan Inland North

TAS

Wed 04:08 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Furneaux Islands

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD

The monsoon has developed over Australia for the first time this season, prompting flood watches in parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland over the Christmas period.

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Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Australian region

Tropical cyclone Grant has formed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia, becoming the second system to be named inside the Australian region so far this season.

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Queensland flood threat looms after Christmas

A multi-day tropical deluge is likely to cause flooding in parts of Queensland between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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Christmas scorcher in the west

Perth will be by far the hottest Australian capital city on Christmas Day, with a maximum of 41°C expected as a broad area of heat bakes the west coast and nearby parts of Western Australia’s inland.

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