Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

16°C

26°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

18°C

35°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

19°C

27°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Cloudy
Cairns

25°C

30°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

22°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

27°C

29°C

Cloudy
Hobart

11°C

16°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Rain showers
Perth

12°C

23°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°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 Friday

Warnings

NT

Fri 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Fri 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

SA

Fri 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts. Cancellation for Spencer Gulf & Upper West and Lower West coasts

SA

Fri 04:37 ACDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

TAS

Fri 03:27 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay, Channel & Upper East, Lower E, SE & South West coasts

NSW

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

WA

Thu 14:20 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Karroun, Lockwood, Roe, Lakes, Fitzgerald Inland, Fitzgerald Coast, Esperance Coast and Esperance Inland

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Per Local & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance & Euclas

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEDT

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

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