Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

15°C

26°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

18°C

35°C

Cloudy
Brisbane

19°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Cloudy
Cairns

24°C

31°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

21°C

Severe thunderstorms
Darwin

24°C

29°C

Rain
Hobart

10°C

16°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

13°C

24°C

Cloudy
Sydney

14°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

WA

Fri 08:12 AWST

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

NT

Fri 09:42 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Fri 10:12 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

SA

Fri 09:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

SA

Fri 12:08 ACDT

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay, Channel & Far NW, Upper East, Lower E & South E Coasts

VIC

Fri 11:05 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East and Central. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for East Gippsland

NSW

Fri 11:06 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands

NSW

Fri 11:12 AEDT

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

TAS

Fri 11:17 AEDT

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for South East

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

How Boxing Day weather looks across Australia

Boxing Day, traditionally linked to the giving of “Christmas boxes” to servants and tradespeople in Britain, has evolved into one of Australia’s most energetic public holidays.

Read more
White Christmas in Tasmania as summer snowfalls continue

It's a white Christmas in the heart of summer in Australia's southernmost state, as snow falls in elevated parts of Tasmania this Thursday, December 25, 2025.

Read more
Boxing Day Test weather: English conditions early, Australian conditions later

It won’t be the classic "four seasons in a day" weather, but Melbourne will turn on four seasons worth of weather over the five-day duration of the Boxing Day Ashes Test, as Australia seeks to extend its 3-0 series lead over England from December 26 to December 30 at the MCG.

Read more
Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD

The monsoon has developed over Australia for the first time this season, prompting flood watches in parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland over the Christmas period.

Read more