Elder Weather

A trough over eastern WA, SA, southern and central Vic & Tas causes the odd shower. Moist onshore winds will drive isolated showers over coastal parts of Qld and NSW. High pressure will maintain dry conditions over most of the country.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	7°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.1 - Low	E 2.9km/h	ESE 1.8km/h	64.2%	87.4%
Alice Springs	1°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	ESE 7.9km/h	ESE 15.8km/h	60.0%	78.7%
Brisbane	11°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.9 - Moderate	SW 5.4km/h	SSE 4.0km/h	61.4%	77.6%
Broome	20°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.8 - High	E 18.0km/h	SSW 10.1km/h	42.5%	67.7%
Cairns	20°C	26°C	33%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.1 - High	SSE 24.5km/h	SE 29.9km/h	71.0%	83.8%
Canberra	2°C	14°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	N 0.0km/h	NNW 1.1km/h	70.8%	94.2%
Darwin	21°C	32°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.5 - Very High	SE 14.8km/h	E 15.1km/h	55.7%	71.7%
Hobart	5°C	11°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.1 - Low	WNW 7.6km/h	W 12.6km/h	68.3%	86.6%
Melbourne	10°C	16°C	22%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.5 - Low	N 9.0km/h	WSW 1.8km/h	72.7%	93.4%
Perth	9°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.9 - Low	ENE 6.8km/h	NE 11.9km/h	66.2%	81.5%
Sydney	7°C	18°C	17%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.4 - Low	W 17.3km/h	S 14.4km/h	62.5%	77.9%

Warnings

Wed 13:01 AWST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast East and Pilbara Coast West

QLD

Wed 15:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown and Cairns coasts

Wed 10:32 ACST

Frost Warning for Riverland. Cancellation for Murraylands

NSW

Wed 10:09 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Canberra

VIC

Wed 09:56 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

NSW

Wed 07:45 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Sydney Western Suburbs

Mon 11:06 ACST

Final Flood Warning For The Inland Rivers Sa

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