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A cold front will bring gusty winds & showers to WA's south and southwest. 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 Saturday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	12°C	17°C	39%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.9 - Moderate	W 27.0km/h	WSW 28.4km/h	62.1%	84.6%
Alice Springs	18°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.6 - Very High	SSW 8.6km/h	SSE 11.9km/h	27.4%	43.9%
Brisbane	17°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.2 - Very High	NW 2.5km/h	NNE 11.9km/h	47.2%	71.2%
Broome	20°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.2 - Very High	SW 10.1km/h	W 25.2km/h	72.9%	97.8%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11 - Extreme	SSE 10.4km/h	ESE 16.9km/h	67.7%	82.4%
Canberra	9°C	15°C	57%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	NW 16.9km/h	WNW 30.2km/h	64.5%	95.9%
Darwin	25°C	30°C	10%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.4 - Extreme	NNE 4.3km/h	NNW 14.8km/h	74.5%	88.8%
Hobart	9°C	15°C	56%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	3.3 - Moderate	N 10.4km/h	NW 17.6km/h	60.5%	95.3%
Melbourne	13°C	17°C	59%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	4.1 - Moderate	NW 23.8km/h	W 27.0km/h	63.7%	87.8%
Perth	11°C	18°C	67%	10 - 15 mm	Nil	5.4 - Moderate	NNW 13.0km/h	NW 16.9km/h	71.0%	95.2%
Sydney	14°C	27°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	NW 17.6km/h	WNW 27.0km/h	42.5%	62.8%

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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