Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

10°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

16°C

23°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

24°C

Clear skies
Broome

17°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

20°C

27°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

4°C

14°C

Fair
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

6°C

13°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

21°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

19°C

National Summary

An area of low pressure bringing in moisture from the tropics is generating showers and storms across east and southern WA, western SA and the western interior. Onshore southerlies are pushing showers along the coasts of eastern NSW and Qld. Dry and clear elsewhere under a high.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Wed 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts. Cancellation for Lancelin, Perth and Bunbury Geographe coasts

QLD

Wed 09:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Thursday Hervey Bay, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay

SA

Wed 06:18 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Thursday for Flinders and Mid North

NSW

Wed 04:53 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Thursday for Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

NSW

Wed 04:53 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

National

Wed 04:31 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

National

Wed 04:31 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern And Western Areas

SA

Wed 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, St Vincent, Invest St & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper SE & L SE coasts

VIC

Wed 04:10 AEST

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

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning Sydney Enclosed Waters & Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra & Batemans coasts

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