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A cold front will bring strong winds & showers to Tas, Vic, southern NSW & SA; and small hail & highland snow to Tas. Another front will bring showers to southwest WA. Showery onshore winds will continue for the northern tropics. High pressure will keep elsewhere dry.

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	19°C	50%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	5.9 - Moderate	NE 11.5km/h	N 19.1km/h	63.2%	90.1%
Alice Springs	17°C	32°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.6 - Very High	NNW 16.6km/h	NW 15.1km/h	24.5%	36.4%
Brisbane	17°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	W 5.0km/h	NNE 9.0km/h	42.7%	68.8%
Broome	21°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.3 - Very High	WSW 7.9km/h	W 22.3km/h	72.4%	96.5%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.2 - Extreme	SSE 12.2km/h	SE 19.1km/h	66.2%	85.2%
Canberra	6°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.8 - Moderate	WNW 11.5km/h	WNW 23.8km/h	60.2%	82.2%
Darwin	24°C	30°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.1 - Extreme	E 7.9km/h	NNE 16.2km/h	68.7%	85.0%
Hobart	8°C	15°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.4 - Moderate	NW 19.4km/h	NW 22.0km/h	50.2%	67.9%
Melbourne	9°C	17°C	15%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.8 - Moderate	NNW 11.9km/h	N 19.1km/h	53.5%	77.0%
Perth	13°C	20°C	28%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.4 - Moderate	WSW 16.9km/h	WSW 15.1km/h	62.4%	83.0%
Sydney	12°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6 - High	W 9.4km/h	NE 13.7km/h	51.5%	68.4%

Warnings

NSW

Wed 10:36 AEST

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

NSW

Wed 10:36 AEST

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

VIC

Wed 10:21 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Loddon River

Wed 09:30 ACST

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

TAS

Wed 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for South East, South West & Central West coasts

VIC

Wed 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

NSW

Wed 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

National

Wed 09:33 AEST

Cancellation Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

Wed 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

Wed 05:52 ACST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Adelaide

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Why the 2026 winter was the warmest on record across large parts of Australia

The 2026 Australian winter was the warmest on record across huge parts of the country, and at hundreds of individual locations – including our two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and the national capital Canberra.

Top 3 warmest winter on record for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Hobart

Winter 2026 was exceptionally warm across southeastern and eastern Australia, with all capital cities between Brisbane, Hobart and Adelaide registering one of their top three warmest winters on record.

22°C to start spring in Melbourne as warmth spreads east

A burst of warmth will spread across southeastern Australia this week, with a relatively brief spike in temperatures in Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra around the first day of the new season, while Sydney will be unseasonably warm all week.

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

WA’s remote mining regions have been impacted by thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rainfall only detectable using remote sensing methods.

Why the 2026 winter was the warmest on record across large parts of Australia

Top 3 warmest winter on record for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Hobart

22°C to start spring in Melbourne as warmth spreads east

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

WA’s remote mining regions have been impacted by thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rainfall only detectable using remote sensing methods.

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News from across Australia

Why the 2026 winter was the warmest on record across large parts of Australia

Top 3 warmest winter on record for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Hobart

22°C to start spring in Melbourne as warmth spreads east

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

Why the 2026 winter was the warmest on record across large parts of Australia

Top 3 warmest winter on record for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Hobart

22°C to start spring in Melbourne as warmth spreads east

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

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