Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

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MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

11°C

16°C

Fair
Alice Springs

6°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

29°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

24°C

Clear skies
Canberra

1°C

12°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

14°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

8°C

21°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

18°C

National Summary

A deep low should move further east into the Tasman Sea, maintaining strong winds and a few showers across Vic, eastern NSW and Tas, falling as snow in the alps. Showers should also affect southern SA in a SW’ly flow. Light rain in NW WA. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Warnings

SA

Wed 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Far West, Upper West, Lower West & Lower South East coasts. Cancelled South Central & Upper South East coasts

VIC

Wed 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Port Phillip & West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Western Port

TAS

Wed 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning East of Flinders Is & Far North West & Central North coasts. Strong Wind Warning South East, South West & Central West coasts

NSW

Wed 10:00 AEST

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

National

Wed 09:58 AEST

Final Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

WA

Wed 07:06 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts

QLD

Wed 09:02 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters

VIC

Wed 09:00 AEST

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

VIC

Wed 09:00 AEST

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

VIC

Wed 06:11 AEST

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

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