Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

6°C

14°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

2°C

20°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

11°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

16°C

29°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

23°C

Clear skies
Canberra

0°C

13°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Fair
Hobart

5°C

14°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

5°C

15°C

Rain showers
Perth

8°C

17°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring early showers to southwest WA, while a high over southeastern Australia will bring showers to coastal NSW and eastern Qld. The same high will send warm, dry northerlies into SA and gusty winds across the north of the country.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Warnings

NSW

Fri 22:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Snowy Mountains. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes & ACT

SA

Fri 22:23 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for South Central Coast

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for South West and Central West coasts

WA

Fri 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin and Albany coasts

QLD

Fri 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown and Cairns coasts. Cancellation for Townsville Coast

VIC

Fri 16:32 AEST

Severe Frost Warning North East. Frost Warning Mallee, Wimmera, N Country, N Central, South West, Central, W & S Gippsland & E Gippsland

SA

Fri 16:02 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North, Riverland, Murraylands and Lower South East

NT

Fri 14:30 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Roper Groote Coast

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Bitterly cold across the southeast with fresh snow and wild winds up high

The cold front that crossed Tasmania and the southeast mainland overnight has left up to 15 centimetres of fresh snow at higher elevations, with strong winds and low temperatures creating bitter conditions in the alpine region.

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