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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

11°C

18°C

Alice Springs

18°C

31°C

Brisbane

17°C

30°C

Broome

20°C

28°C

Cairns

18°C

26°C

Canberra

6°C

16°C

Darwin

24°C

30°C

Hobart

7°C

15°C

Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Perth

11°C

19°C

Sydney

12°C

22°C

National Summary

A front will bring strong winds, showers, small hail & highland snow to Tas, & blustery winds & showers to Vic & southern NSW. A high will cause wind to ease & most showers to clear in SA. Another front will bring showers to SW WA. Showery onshore winds for the northeast tropics.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	11°C	18°C	57%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	NNE 13.0km/h	N 21.6km/h	68.5%	89.6%
Alice Springs	18°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.7 - Very High	NNW 16.6km/h	NW 12.6km/h	25.1%	39.2%
Brisbane	17°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	W 4.0km/h	NE 10.8km/h	47.0%	72.5%
Broome	20°C	28°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.3 - Very High	WNW 5.8km/h	W 22.3km/h	72.1%	97.2%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.1 - Extreme	SSE 13.7km/h	SE 19.8km/h	69.1%	82.0%
Canberra	6°C	16°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	NW 12.6km/h	NW 24.8km/h	56.7%	80.7%
Darwin	24°C	30°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.2 - Extreme	E 7.6km/h	NNE 16.6km/h	70.5%	83.8%
Hobart	7°C	15°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.4 - Moderate	NW 18.0km/h	NNW 21.2km/h	54.0%	68.5%
Melbourne	9°C	17°C	20%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.5 - Moderate	N 15.5km/h	N 21.6km/h	61.7%	79.2%
Perth	11°C	19°C	43%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	N 5.8km/h	W 15.1km/h	76.8%	94.0%
Sydney	12°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.1 - High	WNW 7.9km/h	NE 16.2km/h	53.0%	68.2%

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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Remote WA mining regions hit with nearly 300,000 lightning strikes over past days

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Remote WA mining regions hit with nearly 300,000 lightning strikes over past days

Nearly 300,000 lightning strikes detected across WA this week

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