Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

20°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

16°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

22°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

25°C

Fair
Canberra

6°C

16°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

15°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

8°C

16°C

Rain showers
Perth

12°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

NSW

Fri 04:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Saturday for Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Fri 04:42 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Saturday for North East, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

SA

Fri 03:40 ACST

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

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 04:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning SE & SW coasts. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Channel & CN, Upper E, Lower E & CW coasts

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

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

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

TAS

Thu 13:15 AEST

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

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