Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

19°C

29°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

19°C

36°C

Rain showers
Brisbane

19°C

25°C

Fair
Broome

29°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

25°C

30°C

Clear skies
Canberra

9°C

25°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

27°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

17°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

19°C

Clear skies
Perth

15°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

16°C

22°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 Saturday

Warnings

NSW

Wed 11:29 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Thursday for Macquarie, Hunter and Sydney coasts

WA

Wed 08:42 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin, Albany and Esperance coasts

QLD

Wed 10:42 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Gold Coast Waters

SA

Wed 09:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf

VIC

Wed 10:00 AEDT

Gale Warning Central Gippsland & E Gippslands. Strong Wind Warning Port Phillip, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes & West & Central coasts

TAS

Wed 10:50 AEDT

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western

NSW

Wed 11:42 AEDT

Gale Warning for Eden Coast

TAS

Wed 11:42 AEDT

Gale Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Storm Bay, Channel & CN, Lower East, South East, South West & CW coasts

VIC

Wed 11:43 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Central and East Gippsland

NSW

Wed 11:43 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD

The monsoon has developed over Australia for the first time this season, prompting flood watches in parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland over the Christmas period.

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Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Australian region

Tropical cyclone Grant has formed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia, becoming the second system to be named inside the Australian region so far this season.

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Queensland flood threat looms after Christmas

A multi-day tropical deluge is likely to cause flooding in parts of Queensland between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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Christmas scorcher in the west

Perth will be by far the hottest Australian capital city on Christmas Day, with a maximum of 41°C expected as a broad area of heat bakes the west coast and nearby parts of Western Australia’s inland.

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