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Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

12°C

16°C

Alice Springs

14°C

31°C

Brisbane

13°C

26°C

Broome

21°C

33°C

Cairns

18°C

25°C

Canberra

9°C

19°C

Darwin

24°C

30°C

Hobart

9°C

16°C

Melbourne

13°C

17°C

Perth

10°C

18°C

Sydney

16°C

26°C

National Summary

A front will bring blustery winds & showers to WA’s south, then to SA, Tas & Vic. Mild, gusty northerly winds will develop ahed of this front in Tas, Vic & NSW. Showers will continue to scatter along Qld's coast & parts of the NT Top End coast in moist easterly winds.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	12°C	16°C	16%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.5 - Moderate	WSW 7.9km/h	W 18.0km/h	63.7%	86.0%
Alice Springs	14°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.6 - Very High	NNW 15.8km/h	NW 7.6km/h	30.3%	48.9%
Brisbane	13°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.7 - High	WNW 2.9km/h	NNE 10.4km/h	60.1%	76.3%
Broome	21°C	33°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.4 - Very High	E 11.9km/h	NW 15.8km/h	54.1%	84.4%
Cairns	18°C	25°C	37%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11 - Extreme	SSE 15.8km/h	SE 21.2km/h	75.8%	88.1%
Canberra	9°C	19°C	12%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.3 - Moderate	NW 15.5km/h	NW 25.9km/h	57.8%	80.1%
Darwin	24°C	30°C	9%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.8 - Extreme	E 11.2km/h	NNE 16.9km/h	59.3%	77.1%
Hobart	9°C	16°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.5 - Moderate	NW 19.1km/h	NW 24.1km/h	54.1%	73.2%
Melbourne	13°C	17°C	21%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.6 - Moderate	W 7.2km/h	W 7.6km/h	60.2%	87.2%
Perth	10°C	18°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	SE 7.2km/h	SW 10.4km/h	60.0%	76.6%
Sydney	16°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	NW 16.6km/h	WNW 16.2km/h	45.5%	63.4%

Warnings

TAS

Mon 22:33 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East and East Coast

TAS

Mon 22:33 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East and East Coast

VIC

Mon 22:31 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Mon 22:31 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

NSW

Mon 22:27 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Mon 22:27 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

Mon 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

VIC

Mon 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

TAS

Mon 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts

National

Mon 21:59 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western, Southeastern And Southern Areas

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