Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

20°C

28°C

Fair
Alice Springs

24°C

34°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

23°C

32°C

Cloudy
Broome

29°C

30°C

Cloudy
Cairns

26°C

32°C

Clear skies
Canberra

17°C

32°C

Cloudy
Darwin

27°C

30°C

Fair
Hobart

10°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Perth

21°C

38°C

Cloudy
Sydney

23°C

27°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

QLD

Thu 20:23 AEST

Initial Moderate Flood Warning For The Isaac River Catchment And Minor Flood Warning For The Dawson River

QLD

Thu 14:29 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Qld)

QLD

Thu 11:19 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Western River And Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Thu 10:54 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Flinders River

QLD

Thu 09:51 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Bulloo River

NSW

Thu 10:47 AEDT

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Nsw)

QLD

Thu 09:43 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Cape River

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Perth and Bunbury Geographe coasts

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Gale Warning for South East and South West coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Upper East, Lower East and Central West coasts

QLD

Wed 14:07 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Eyre Creek And Final Flood Warning For The Georgina River

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Queensland skies alive with lightning from outback to coast

Central parts of Queensland, from the Northern Territory border to the coastline, are experiencing a late afternoon sky show this Thursday, with storms and lightning strikes stretching across the state.

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Outback deluge to cause flooding in SA, NT

Heavy rain will soak parts of central Australia from this weekend into next week, with potential for several hundred millimetres of rain and flooding in parts of the Northern Territory and South Australia.

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Sydney had Australia’s highest temperature just before midday

At 11:50am this Wednesday, February 18, the weather station at Sydney Airport hit 35.

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Rainband teases Adelaide, dampens other parched areas

The main body of a rainband crossing southeastern Australia has slid agonisingly south of Adelaide, providing only the barest rain relief of 0.

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