Elder Weather

A firm high over the Tasman Sea is sending low, showery cloud over eastern NSW and Qld while aiding clear skies and another cool night over the inland. A front brushing southern WA and SA is bringing the odd, gusty shower. Dry SE'ly winds around the ridge are for the northwest.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	4°C	15°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.2 - Moderate	NE 10.1km/h	NNW 14.0km/h	56.3%	72.3%
Alice Springs	1°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	NE 5.4km/h	E 3.2km/h	42.4%	61.5%
Brisbane	12°C	21°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.7 - Moderate	SSW 13.7km/h	ESE 10.8km/h	64.6%	80.2%
Broome	18°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.8 - High	ENE 9.7km/h	WSW 13.0km/h	47.1%	73.6%
Cairns	17°C	24°C	33%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.2 - Very High	SSE 20.5km/h	SE 25.6km/h	68.1%	83.7%
Canberra	-1°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	E 3.6km/h	NW 12.6km/h	66.9%	88.7%
Darwin	22°C	31°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.2 - Very High	ESE 8.3km/h	ENE 14.0km/h	52.3%	73.7%
Hobart	4°C	15°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.6 - Low	N 7.6km/h	NNW 9.7km/h	63.3%	83.5%
Melbourne	3°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	NNE 9.4km/h	N 19.1km/h	65.0%	84.2%
Perth	8°C	17°C	21%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	3.7 - Moderate	S 5.0km/h	S 12.6km/h	62.7%	79.1%
Sydney	8°C	15°C	45%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.2 - Moderate	W 13.3km/h	ENE 7.6km/h	69.7%	89.8%

Warnings

VIC

Sat 16:32 AEST

Frost Warning for Northern Country, North East, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

Sat 16:02 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North and Riverland

VIC

Sat 16:31 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for East Gippsland

NSW

Sat 16:21 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

VIC

Sat 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for West Coast

TAS

Sat 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South West and Central West coasts

Sat 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central Coast

Sat 13:04 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany and Esperance coasts. Cancellation for Leeuwin Coast

QLD

Sat 15:03 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns and Townsville coasts

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

A shivering cold start to August swept across southeastern Australia this morning, with several inland locations recording their coldest August minimum temperatures in years, and in some cases, over a decade.

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

Melbourne is forecast to kick off August with a Saturday morning minimum around 2°C, which would make it the city’s coldest morning of the year to date.

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

One of Australia’s main climate drivers – the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – may have just entered a phase that typically brings warm and dry weather to Australia.

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Residents of the Northern Territory’s Top End and adjacent parts of Western Australia have endured their coldest nights of the year, with minimum temperatures plunging several degrees below the July average.

Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

Melbourne is forecast to kick off August with a Saturday morning minimum around 2°C, which would make it the city’s coldest morning of the year to date.

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

One of Australia’s main climate drivers – the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – may have just entered a phase that typically brings warm and dry weather to Australia.

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News from across Australia

Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

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