Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

7°C

19°C

Partly cloudy
Alice Springs

16°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Brisbane

20°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

26°C

29°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

22°C

30°C

Clear skies
Canberra

4°C

19°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

27°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

11°C

18°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

10°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

15°C

27°C

Heavy rain
Sydney

14°C

23°C

National Summary

Showers & storms, some intense, are scattering across central WA, the NT & Qld, & rain in NE NSW in active troughs. A high is causing brisk winds to ease & most showers to clear in Vic, Tas & SA. The high is keeping much of the country's southern interior & WA's south dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

NSW

Wed 17:23 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Friday for Hunter and Sydney coasts

National

Wed 17:05 AEDT

Final Gale Warning 8 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

QLD

Wed 15:54 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rain, Damaging Winds & Hail) C Highlands & Coalfields, CW, Capricornia, Wide Bay & Burnett & SE Coast

QLD

Wed 15:54 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rain, Damaging Winds & Hail) C Highlands & Coalfields, CW, Capricornia, Wide Bay & Burnett & SE Coast

NT

Wed 14:52 ACST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Large Hailstones And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Simpson, Lasseter and Tanami districts

NT

Wed 14:52 ACST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Large Hailstones And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Simpson, Lasseter and Tanami districts

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

QLD

Wed 15:12 AEST

Initial Minor Flood Warning For The Mary River

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEDT

Gale Warning for South East Coast

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Eden Coast

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