Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

MinMax

National Summary

A front is bringing blustery winds, showers, small hail and highland snow to Tas, Vic and southern NSW, and brisk winds and showers to SA. Showers for the far NE tropics in moist onshore winds. A strong ridge of high pressure is maintaining dry and settled conditions elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

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News from across Australia

‘Feels like’ temperature of -20°C at midday as Antarctic blast chills Tasmania

Bitterly cold winds are chilling Tasmania and the far southeastern mainland this Thursday, as a frigid airmass which originated near Antarctica crosses the region.

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Huge pool of cold air surging towards SE Australia

A large pool of cold air with origins in the polar region is surging across the Great Australian Bight and is set to chill Tasmania and the southeastern corner of mainland Australia in coming days.

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The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has gone negative – what this means for Australia

Plenty of Sydney sunshine and heavy rain and snow in Tasmania will be some of the impacts caused this week by a negative Southern Annular Mode (SAM) that has just developed in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Low-level snow coming to Tasmania this week

Snow could fall in higher parts of Hobart later this week as a polar air mass causes temperatures to plummet across Tasmania.

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