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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

10°C

16°C

Alice Springs

7°C

18°C

Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Broome

18°C

29°C

Cairns

19°C

25°C

Canberra

3°C

11°C

Darwin

22°C

31°C

Hobart

3°C

12°C

Melbourne

5°C

15°C

Perth

11°C

19°C

Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring showers and gusty winds to southern WA, pushing into SA later. A trough should bring showers and the odd storm to SA and western parts of Qld, NSW and Vic. A broad high will send showery onshore winds over coastal parts of NSW, Qld and northern Tas.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	10°C	16°C	12%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.2 - Low	NE 7.6km/h	NNW 11.5km/h	67.0%	86.1%
Alice Springs	7°C	18°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.6 - Moderate	NE 3.2km/h	SSW 4.7km/h	63.0%	86.0%
Brisbane	12°C	20°C	24%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.1 - Moderate	SW 5.8km/h	SE 3.2km/h	61.0%	83.2%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.8 - High	E 18.7km/h	SSE 9.4km/h	42.8%	65.5%
Cairns	19°C	25°C	32%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.1 - High	S 13.3km/h	SE 18.7km/h	77.1%	85.6%
Canberra	3°C	11°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.2 - Low	SE 4.7km/h	NNW 8.6km/h	73.7%	93.6%
Darwin	22°C	31°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.6 - Very High	SSE 10.1km/h	ESE 14.0km/h	55.8%	74.2%
Hobart	3°C	12°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.2 - Low	NW 11.2km/h	N 8.3km/h	66.8%	92.3%
Melbourne	5°C	15°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.7 - Low	NNE 5.8km/h	N 11.2km/h	70.2%	88.0%
Perth	11°C	19°C	18%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	ESE 2.9km/h	SSW 6.5km/h	73.7%	93.9%
Sydney	10°C	16°C	47%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	W 8.6km/h	S 6.8km/h	75.0%	90.8%

Warnings

Tue 16:27 ACST

Frost Warning for Lower South East

VIC

Tue 16:57 AEST

Frost Warning for Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, South West and Central

NSW

Tue 16:54 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

QLD

Tue 16:09 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

NSW

Tue 16:09 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs and Macquarie coasts. Cancellation for Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra coasts

TAS

Tue 16:03 AEST

Road Weather Alert for icy Roads for Central North, Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley and Central Plateau

QLD

Tue 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and K'gari coasts

NSW, QLD

Tue 13:39 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Nsw)

QLD

Tue 12:33 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Bulloo River

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ELDERS NEWS

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Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

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A large pool of exceptionally warm water sitting below the surface of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is laying the foundation for a prolonged and potent El Niño in the second half of 2026.

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New provisional high pressure record for Australia

A weather station in Tasmania has just recorded what could be the highest mean sea level pressure on record in Australia.

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

Frigid temperatures were recorded overnight across southeastern Australia, as dry, cold air settled over the most heavily populated corner of the country in the wake of a cold front.

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Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

News from across Australia

Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

New provisional high pressure record for Australia

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

New provisional high pressure record for Australia

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

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