Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

22°C

33°C

Fair
Alice Springs

26°C

40°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

21°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

27°C

31°C

Cloudy
Cairns

24°C

32°C

Clear skies
Canberra

17°C

43°C

Cloudy
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

12°C

21°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

16°C

23°C

Clear skies
Perth

19°C

29°C

Clear skies
Sydney

20°C

27°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

QLD

Wed 13:04 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Cooper Creek And Minor Flood Warning For The Thomson And Barcoo Rivers

QLD

Wed 12:59 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Upper Burdekin River And Final Flood Warning For The Suttor River

QLD

Wed 12:28 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For Eyre Creek And Minor Flood Warning For The Georgina River

QLD

Wed 12:26 AEST

Flood Warning For The Nicholson, Gregory, And Albert Rivers

QLD

Wed 11:21 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Tue 15:01 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Lower Flinders River And Moderate Flood Warning For The Upper Flinders River

WA

Wed 15:00 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast West, Perth Local Waters & Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe and Eucla coasts

QLD

Wed 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Hervey Bay, Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & Capricornia and K'gari coasts

SA

Wed 15:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait & Far West, Upper West, Lower West and Upper South East coasts

NSW

Wed 15:59 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Northern Slopes

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