Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

7°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

18°C

Rain showers
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

16°C

23°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

7°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

14°C

21°C

Rain showers
Sydney

13°C

17°C

National Summary

Moist onshore winds drive heavy rain and some storms into eastern NSW and southeast Qld. A cold front brings rain and storms to southwest WA. High pressure dominates over southeast Australia bringing a cold morning with fog and frost, followed by a dry and settled day.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Tue 23:07 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 23:04 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

TAS

Tue 22:31 AEST

Road Weather Alert for snow covered Roads for Central Plateau

NSW

Tue 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning Central Gippsland. Cancelled Port Phillip, Western Port & West & Central coasts

WA

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for North Kimberley and Leeuwin coasts

NT

Tue 20:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Tue 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Wednesday SE Gulf of Carpentaria, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown & Cairns coasts

VIC

Tue 17:07 AEST

Frost Warning for North East

SA

Tue 15:30 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

ELDERS NEWS

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Snow falls to low levels in Tasmania

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