Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

14°C

26°C

Drizzle
Cairns

19°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Rain showers
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

7°C

17°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°C

National Summary

A low and a cold front will generate heavy rain, strong winds and isolated thunderstorms over the NT’s south, SA, Vic, Tas and western NSW. A post-frontal trough should bring a few showers to WA’s south. Moist easterly winds will bring showers to eastern Qld and the NT Top End.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

WA

Wed 10:51 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South East Coastal district

WA

Wed 10:51 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South East Coastal district

WA

Wed 10:31 AWST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East Coastal

SA

Wed 10:32 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula & West Coast & North West Pastoral districts

SA

Wed 10:32 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula & West Coast & North West Pastoral districts

SA

Wed 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts

NSW

Wed 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

VIC

Wed 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip

TAS

Wed 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Thursday East of Flinders Is & Far North West, Central North, Upper East, Lower East, South West & Central West coasts

WA

Wed 07:35 AWST

Gale Warning for Esperance Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Albany and Eucla coasts

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