Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

4°C

13°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

13°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

10°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

8°C

21°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

12°C

18°C

National Summary

A deep low will move further east over the Tasman Sea, maintaining strong winds and a few showers across Vic, eastern NSW and Tas. Showers will also affect southern SA in a SW’ly flow. A weak trough will produce light rain in western WA. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Thu 12:41 AEST

Initial Minor Flood Warning For St Pauls River And South Esk River

QLD

Thu 12:12 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

QLD

Thu 12:12 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

TAS

Thu 11:16 AEST

Gale Warning for Far North West & Upper East coasts

NSW

Thu 11:16 AEST

Gale Warning for Hunter and Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Thu 11:13 AEST

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

NSW

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

VIC

Thu 10:56 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Thu 10:56 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

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