Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWMONTUEWEDTHU
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

13°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

22°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

15°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

27°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

11°C

Clear skies
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Rain showers
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Rain
Melbourne

11°C

15°C

Rain showers
Perth

11°C

19°C

Fair
Sydney

13°C

19°C

National Summary

A deep low will bring strong winds, widespread showers & a few storms to SA, Tas, Vic & NSW. Heavy falls are likely in the south & on the ranges. Showers are likely in WA's west & south due to lingering unstable air. It should be dry elsewhere in the country due to a broad high.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

WA

Sat 22:48 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Destructive Winds & Rain) CW, L West, SW, S Cstal, SE Cstal, G Southern, Central Wheat Belt & Goldfields

WA

Sat 22:48 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Destructive Winds & Rain) CW, L West, SW, S Cstal, SE Cstal, G Southern, Central Wheat Belt & Goldfields

WA

Sat 22:12 AWST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES and DAMAGING Surf for Saturday for Central West, Lower West, South West, South Coastal and South East Coastal

WA

Sat 22:12 AWST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES and DAMAGING Surf for Saturday for Central West, Lower West, South West, South Coastal and South East Coastal

WA

Sat 21:56 AWST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South West

WA

Sat 20:18 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany and Esperance coasts

SA

Sat 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast. Cancellation for Investigator Strait & Central, South Central and Upper South East coasts

NSW

Sat 22:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sunday for Macquarie, Hunter, Illawarra and Eden coasts

VIC

Sat 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Sat 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for East of Flinders Island & Far North West and Central North coasts

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Extremely windy weekend ahead for southwest WA

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Multiple flood rescues as New South Wales deluge delivers 100 mm in three hours

Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of New South Wales on Thursday into Friday morning, with the State Emergency Service performing five flood rescues and responding to more than 300 incidents in 24 hours.

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Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain pummelling eastern Australia

Parts of Queensland and New South Wales will continue to endure heavy rain and severe thunderstorms during the next 24 hours.

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