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Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOW THU FRI SAT SUN

MinMax

Adelaide

8°C

16°C

Alice Springs

8°C

14°C

Brisbane

14°C

21°C

Broome

19°C

29°C

Cairns

20°C

24°C

Canberra

1°C

13°C

Darwin

22°C

31°C

Hobart

4°C

11°C

Melbourne

6°C

13°C

Perth

7°C

22°C

Sydney

11°C

16°C

National Summary

A high over Tas is continuing to trap cool air & low cloud over parts of Vic & SA while directing cool, showery S'ly winds along the east coast. An upper disturbance & area of low pressure is bringing the odd shower & storm to the interior while a high brings stable weather to WA

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	8°C	16°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	E 5.4km/h	NE 9.7km/h	68.6%	83.6%
Alice Springs	8°C	14°C	40%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.1 - Moderate	SSE 10.4km/h	S 15.5km/h	77.1%	98.5%
Brisbane	14°C	21°C	13%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.3 - Moderate	SSW 6.8km/h	SSE 6.1km/h	62.7%	78.2%
Broome	19°C	29°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.4 - High	E 18.7km/h	SE 11.5km/h	55.0%	78.6%
Cairns	20°C	24°C	67%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.7 - High	SSE 19.1km/h	SE 25.2km/h	71.6%	82.7%
Canberra	1°C	13°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	SSE 1.4km/h	N 4.3km/h	71.6%	91.7%
Darwin	22°C	31°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.6 - Very High	SSE 9.4km/h	ESE 10.8km/h	53.4%	72.7%
Hobart	4°C	11°C	20%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.3 - Low	NW 13.0km/h	N 12.2km/h	71.2%	89.6%
Melbourne	6°C	13°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	NNE 6.8km/h	SSW 9.4km/h	78.3%	94.9%
Perth	7°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	NE 5.8km/h	WNW 5.8km/h	65.0%	86.8%
Sydney	11°C	16°C	67%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.8 - Low	WSW 9.4km/h	SSW 14.4km/h	74.6%	93.8%

Warnings

National

Wed 15:31 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

National

Wed 15:31 AEST

Cancellation Of Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

QLD

Wed 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Torres Strait & Peninsula, Cooktown and Cairns coasts

VIC

Wed 13:45 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Ovens River

TAS

Wed 11:26 AEST

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

NSW, QLD

Wed 11:21 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Nsw)

QLD

Wed 11:15 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Bulloo River

NSW

Wed 10:40 AEST

Cancellation Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

VIC

Wed 10:39 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

VIC

Wed 10:26 AEST

Frost Warning Wimmera, N Country, North Central, North East, South West, Central, W & S Gippsland & East Gippsland. Cancelled Mallee

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Australian Weather Forecast

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

News from across Australia

Weekend snowfalls coming after sunny week

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

Weekend snowfalls coming after sunny week

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

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