Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWMONTUEWEDTHU
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

8°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

1°C

12°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

14°C

Fair
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

23°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front clearing NSW sends a showers, some storms and cold winds. Another front brushing past Tas should lead to showers and gusty winds. High pressure otherwise clears showers and Alpine snow from the southeast, while keeping elsewhere largely dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

VIC

Sun 16:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 16:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

NSW

Sun 16:16 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Sun 16:16 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

VIC

Sun 16:15 AEST

Gale Warning for Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts. Cancellation for Western Port

TAS

Sun 16:12 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

TAS

Sun 16:12 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

VIC

Sun 16:11 AEST

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

VIC

Sun 16:11 AEST

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

TAS

Sun 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island & Far North West, South East, South West & Central West coasts

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