Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

9°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

12°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

14°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

30°C

Rain showers
Cairns

20°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

4°C

19°C

Clear skies
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Clear skies
Hobart

7°C

18°C

Fair
Melbourne

9°C

16°C

Partly cloudy
Perth

13°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

19°C

National Summary

Low pressure over inland WA continues to bring showers and storms to eastern WA, far western SA and the southwest corner of NT. Onshore winds around high pressure will bring showers for coastal areas of eastern Vic, Qld, NSW and eastern NT. Dry elsewhere under high pressure.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

QLD

Wed 17:18 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Thursday Hervey Bay, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay

SA

Wed 16:26 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Flinders and Mid North

NSW

Wed 16:46 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Thursday for Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

NSW

Wed 16:37 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

National

Wed 16:32 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern And Western Areas

National

Wed 16:32 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning Lower E & South E Coasts. Strong Wind Warning Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay, Channel & Far NW, CN, Upper E, SW & CW coasts

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Far West, Upper West and Lower West coasts

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