Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

18°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

17°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Fair
Canberra

6°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Fair
Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

12°C

22°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring gusty winds & showers to WA's south. A low pressure trough will bring showers and storms to southern SA and western Vic. A high will keeping much of the remainder of the country dry, just the odd shower for the far northern tropical coasts.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

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

SA

Tue 21:30 ACST

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

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts. Cancellation for West Coast

TAS

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & CN, Upper East, Lower East, South East & South West coasts

National

Tue 21:53 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

WA

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Ningaloo Coast

TAS

Tue 20:09 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East, East Coast and Midlands

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