Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

19°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

16°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Cloudy
Hobart

9°C

15°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

13°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

14°C

28°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring strong winds & showers to Tas, Vic, southern NSW & SA; and small hail & highland snow to Tas. Another front will bring showers to southwest WA. Showery onshore winds will continue for the northern tropics. High pressure will keep elsewhere dry.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

NSW

Wed 22:52 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 22:52 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 22:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 22:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 22:34 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

SA

Wed 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

NSW

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

VIC

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

TAS

Wed 21:53 AEST

Gale Warning South West & Central West coasts. Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is & Far North West, CN, Upper East & South East coasts

WA

Wed 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

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