Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWTUEWEDTHUFRI
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

12°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

14°C

Fair
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

24°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front crossing the southeast bring showers, some storms and cold gusty winds, falling as snow over the Alps and Tas highlands. High pressure directs onshore winds and some showers into SA's southeast and Qld's northeast, while keeping elsewhere largely dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

NSW

Mon 10:25 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts. Cancellation for Macquarie and Hunter coasts

SA

Mon 09:30 ACST

Gale Warning for Lower South East Coast. Strong Wind Warning for South Central and Upper South East coasts

VIC

Mon 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Mon 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Storm Bay & Far NW, CN, Upper East, Lower E, South East, South West & CW coasts

VIC

Mon 05:07 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Mon 05:07 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

TAS

Mon 05:05 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

TAS

Mon 05:05 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

TAS

Mon 05:04 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

TAS

Mon 05:04 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

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