Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

12°C

21°C

Fair
Alice Springs

21°C

35°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

20°C

27°C

Fair
Broome

28°C

33°C

Fair
Cairns

23°C

31°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

28°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

17°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

11°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Perth

16°C

29°C

Clear skies
Sydney

14°C

23°C

National Summary

Gusty winds and showers across Vic, Tas and southeast NSW in the wake of a cold front. Moisture combines with heatwave conditions over the northern tropics to bring thunderstorms. Heat will remain across southeast Qld and northeast NSW. Settled over WA and SA with high pressure.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Tue 06:55 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Gold Coast Waters

NSW

Tue 07:55 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Byron Coast

QLD

Tue 06:26 AEST

Cancelled Severe Thunderstorm Warning Central Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Maranoa & Warrego & Darling Downs & Granite Belt

QLD

Tue 06:26 AEST

Cancelled Severe Thunderstorm Warning Central Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Maranoa & Warrego & Darling Downs & Granite Belt

SA

Tue 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning Wednesday Spencer Gulf, Investigator Strait & Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts

VIC

Tue 04:10 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for West and Central coasts

WA

Tue 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo, Gascoyne and Eucla coasts. Cancellation for Albany Coast

QLD, NSW

Mon 13:56 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Lower Paroo River (Qld)

WA

Mon 11:50 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Mon 11:50 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

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