Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

9°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

4°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Rain
Hobart

6°C

13°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

10°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

7°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

18°C

National Summary

A low and front over the Bass Strait is bringing strong winds, showers and storms to Tas, Vic and NSW, falling as snow in alpine areas. Cool southerly winds are driving showers into WA's south and SA's south. High pressure elsewhere is bringing mostly dry and settled conditions.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Fri 01:06 AEST

Gale Warning East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning West, Central & Central Gippsland coasts. Cancelled Port Phillip & Western Port

VIC

Thu 22:51 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland. Cancellation for South West and Central

VIC

Thu 22:51 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland. Cancellation for South West and Central

NSW

Thu 22:35 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains

QLD

Thu 22:09 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

QLD

Thu 22:09 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

NSW

Thu 22:08 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Thu 22:08 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Thu 22:00 AEST

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

TAS

Thu 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island & Far North West, Upper East & Lower East coasts

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