Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

7°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

18°C

Rain showers
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

17°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

16°C

23°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Fair
Hobart

7°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Rain
Perth

14°C

19°C

Rain showers
Sydney

13°C

17°C

National Summary

Moist onshore winds drive heavy rain, some storms and gusty winds into eastern NSW and southeast Qld. Cold fronts brings rain and storms to western WA. High pressure dominates over southeast Australia bringing a cold morning with fog and frost, followed by a dry and settled day.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

TAS

Tue 22:31 AEST

Road Weather Alert for snow covered Roads for Central Plateau

NSW

Tue 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning Central Gippsland. Cancelled Port Phillip, Western Port & West & Central coasts

TAS

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is & SE, SW & CW coasts. Cancelled Banks St & Franklin Sound & Far NW, CN, Upper E & Lower E Coasts

WA

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for North Kimberley and Leeuwin coasts

NT

Tue 20:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Tue 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Wednesday SE Gulf of Carpentaria, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown & Cairns coasts

NSW

Tue 17:11 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

VIC

Tue 17:07 AEST

Frost Warning for North East

SA

Tue 15:30 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

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