Elder Weather

An unstable air mass will bring showers to southern SA, while another unstable air mass followed by a cold front reaches SW WA, delivering a burst of gusty showers. A few light showers may develop over Tas, Vic and coastal Qld, while high pressure keeps most other areas dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	9°C	18°C	15%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.4 - Moderate	NE 9.0km/h	N 15.1km/h	60.4%	81.2%
Alice Springs	8°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.6 - High	NNE 9.0km/h	NE 5.0km/h	37.5%	52.8%
Brisbane	11°C	23°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.9 - Moderate	WSW 4.3km/h	N 2.9km/h	55.1%	82.5%
Broome	18°C	28°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	WSW 3.2km/h	W 18.0km/h	64.9%	97.2%
Cairns	17°C	25°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.4 - Very High	S 13.3km/h	SE 20.5km/h	71.0%	85.2%
Canberra	-1°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.2 - Moderate	N 4.7km/h	NW 13.7km/h	63.4%	82.7%
Darwin	22°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.7 - Very High	NE 5.0km/h	ENE 11.5km/h	59.6%	79.4%
Hobart	4°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.8 - Low	NNW 9.4km/h	NNW 7.9km/h	60.6%	85.2%
Melbourne	10°C	16°C	10%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	NNE 4.3km/h	NNE 4.0km/h	65.8%	85.5%
Perth	11°C	18°C	77%	10 - 15 mm	Nil	4 - Moderate	NW 3.2km/h	W 14.4km/h	75.2%	92.4%
Sydney	6°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.5 - Moderate	WNW 10.4km/h	SE 9.4km/h	58.5%	70.8%

Warnings

VIC

Thu 11:31 AEST

Frost Warning for Mallee. Cancellation for North Central, North East, Northern Country and Central

Thu 10:57 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North

NSW

Thu 10:20 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

VIC

Thu 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for East Gippsland Coast

TAS

Thu 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for East of Flinders Island & Lower East Coast. Cancellation for Banks Strait and Franklin Sound & Central North Coast

Thu 07:36 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin and Albany coasts

NSW

Thu 08:27 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Canberra

NSW

Thu 04:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

A powerful cold front will cause damaging winds, heavy rain, hail, snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the southern half of Australia towards the end of this week.

Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

A deep midwinter chill descended on South Australia overnight, with the state recording its lowest minimum in three years – and the equal-lowest in five years – when Yunta fell to -5.

Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

The strongest snowy weather system of the 2026 winter appears likely to arrive towards the end of this coming weekend in the mainland alpine region.

'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

The tropical Pacific Ocean is rapidly warming towards a ‘very strong’ El Niño event, with a key monitoring index this week crossing a threshold not reached for more than 10 years.

Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

A powerful cold front will cause damaging winds, heavy rain, hail, snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the southern half of Australia towards the end of this week.

Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

A deep midwinter chill descended on South Australia overnight, with the state recording its lowest minimum in three years – and the equal-lowest in five years – when Yunta fell to -5.

Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

The strongest snowy weather system of the 2026 winter appears likely to arrive towards the end of this coming weekend in the mainland alpine region.

'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

The tropical Pacific Ocean is rapidly warming towards a ‘very strong’ El Niño event, with a key monitoring index this week crossing a threshold not reached for more than 10 years.

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Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

News from across Australia

Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

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