Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

13°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

20°C

29°C

Rain showers
Cairns

18°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

10°C

20°C

Fair
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

10°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

10°C

18°C

Fair
Sydney

16°C

27°C

National Summary

Cold fronts will maintain brisk westerly winds & showers across the country's south, especially Tas. Showers will affect the northeast tropics, mainly the coasts, due to moist easterly winds. High pressure will keep the remainder of the country dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for South West & Central West coasts

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

WA

Wed 13:54 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

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