Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

18°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Fair
Canberra

7°C

16°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

15°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

13°C

22°C

National Summary

Cold fronts are sending blustery winds & showers across southwest WA, southeast SA, Tas & Vic. Warm, gusty winds are blowing across the interior & NSW. Showers in the northern tropics, mainly about the coasts, due to moist, unstable easterly winds.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Gale Warning Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance & Eucla coasts. Strong Wind Warning Perth Local Waters & Lancelin, Perth & Bun Geographes

NSW

Fri 00:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Eden Coast

TAS

Thu 22:56 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Western, Upper Derwent Valley and South East

TAS

Thu 22:56 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Western, Upper Derwent Valley and South East

SA

Thu 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Investigator Strait & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central and South Central coasts

VIC

Thu 22:00 AEST

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

TAS

Thu 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning for South East, South West & Central West coasts

TAS

Thu 13:15 AEST

Initial Flood Watch For Parts Of The North, North East And North West Catchments And The River Derwent

VIC

Thu 12:39 AEST

Initial Flood Watch For Parts Of North And North East Victoria

VIC

Thu 10:23 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Loddon River

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