Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSUNMONTUEWED
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

9°C

15°C

Partly cloudy
Alice Springs

13°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Broome

21°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

4°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

12°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

7°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

11°C

21°C

National Summary

A northwest cloudband and trough bring showers and the odd storm stretching from western WA, through the interior to NSW and southern Qld. A westerly airflow is driving showers to southern Vic, southeast SA and Tas. Dry elsewhere under high pressure.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Warnings

TAS

Fri 22:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Furneaux Is & Western, South East, North East, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau & Midlands

TAS

Fri 22:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Furneaux Is & Western, South East, North East, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau & Midlands

TAS

Fri 22:44 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Saturday for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

SA

Fri 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far North West, CN, Upper East, South East, South West & CW coasts

VIC

Fri 22:00 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Eden Coast

National

Fri 21:50 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 8 For Western And Southern Areas

National

Fri 21:50 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

VIC

Fri 17:48 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Avoca River

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