Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

18°C

27°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

19°C

35°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

19°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

25°C

30°C

Clear skies
Canberra

8°C

23°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

27°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

10°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

14°C

25°C

Cloudy
Sydney

16°C

21°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

Tue 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Geraldton and Leeuwin coasts

WA

Tue 14:51 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Yarra Yarra and Swan Inland North

SA

Tue 15:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Spencer Gulf

TAS

Tue 16:05 AEDT

Gale Warning SE, SW & CW coasts. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far NW, CN, Upper E & Lower E Coasts

NSW

Tue 16:05 AEDT

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

VIC

Tue 16:15 AEDT

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

TAS

Tue 16:35 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Furneaux Islands

TAS

Tue 16:42 AEDT

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western

TAS

Tue 16:45 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

WA

Tue 12:44 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Australian region

Tropical cyclone Grant has formed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia, becoming the second system to be named inside the Australian region so far this season.

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Queensland flood threat looms after Christmas

A multi-day tropical deluge is likely to cause flooding in parts of Queensland between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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Christmas scorcher in the west

Perth will be by far the hottest Australian capital city on Christmas Day, with a maximum of 41°C expected as a broad area of heat bakes the west coast and nearby parts of Western Australia’s inland.

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White Christmas likely for parts of Tasmania

Snow will fall this week from Tuesday, December 23, for at least a couple of days in elevated parts of Tasmania, with a few flakes likely to persist into Christmas Day.

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