Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

12°C

21°C

Fair
Alice Springs

20°C

35°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

19°C

27°C

Clear skies
Broome

28°C

32°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

Mostly 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

NSW

Tue 13:55 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds, Hail & Rain) MN Cst, Hunter, Illawarra, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, NW Slopes & Plains & N Tablelands

NSW

Tue 13:55 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds, Hail & Rain) MN Cst, Hunter, Illawarra, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, NW Slopes & Plains & N Tablelands

NSW

Tue 13:46 AEDT

Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall, Damaging Winds And Large Hailstones) for parts of Wollondilly/Wingecarribee area

NSW

Tue 13:46 AEDT

Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall, Damaging Winds And Large Hailstones) for parts of Wollondilly/Wingecarribee area

QLD

Tue 12:43 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Lower Barcoo River

QLD

Tue 12:30 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Lower Condamine River

QLD

Tue 11:06 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Bulloo River

QLD

Tue 10:54 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Warrego River (Qld)

WA

Tue 08:41 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo, Gascoyne and Eucla coasts

NSW

Tue 11:25 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Byron Coast

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