Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

13°C

17°C

Cloudy
Alice Springs

19°C

27°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

26°C

30°C

Drizzle
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

17°C

Heavy rain
Melbourne

12°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

8°C

23°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

16°C

25°C

National Summary

A deep low pressure trough is generating rain, storms and gusty winds, some intense, in a swathe from WA to SA, NSW and Vic. A gusty cold front to the trough's south affects Tas. Humid E'ly winds also bring a few showers to the northern tropics. A high is clearing southern WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

SA

Fri 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts

VIC

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West and Central North coasts

VIC

Fri 09:47 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Wimmera, North Central, South West, Central & West & South Gippsland. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning North East

WA

Fri 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts. Cancellation for Ningaloo Coast

QLD

Fri 09:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Peninsula and Cooktown coasts

SA

Fri 04:44 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East

VIC

Thu 12:34 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of Gippsland, North East And Central Victoria

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