Australian Weather Forecast

For Monday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

18°C

34°C

Fair
Alice Springs

22°C

38°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

16°C

27°C

Partly cloudy
Broome

28°C

33°C

Severe thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

28°C

Clear skies
Canberra

11°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

28°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

16°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

20°C

32°C

Clear skies
Perth

16°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

15°C

24°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Monday

Warnings

QLD

Fri 12:19 AEST

Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

WA

Fri 08:12 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Per Local & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance & Euclas

NT

Fri 09:42 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Fri 10:12 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

SA

Fri 09:30 ACDT

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

SA

Fri 12:08 ACDT

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay, Channel & Far NW, Upper East, Lower E & South E Coasts

VIC

Fri 11:05 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East and Central. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for East Gippsland

NSW

Fri 11:06 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands

NSW

Fri 11:12 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

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