Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

4°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

1°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

13°C

29°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

-1°C

12°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

4°C

14°C

Fair
Melbourne

4°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

7°C

23°C

Fair
Sydney

7°C

17°C

National Summary

A strong high over southeast Australia is sending showers onto western Tas, northeast NSW and southeast Qld. The same high drives dry, gusty winds across the north and brings light showers to the Top End. A cold front will bring increasing showers to southwest WA. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

NSW

Fri 22:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Snowy Mountains. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes & ACT

SA

Fri 22:23 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for South Central Coast

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for South West and Central West coasts

WA

Fri 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin and Albany coasts

QLD

Fri 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown and Cairns coasts. Cancellation for Townsville Coast

VIC

Fri 16:32 AEST

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

SA

Fri 16:02 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North, Riverland, Murraylands and Lower South East

NT

Fri 14:30 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Roper Groote Coast

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

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A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

One of Australia’s main climate drivers – the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – may have just entered a phase that typically brings warm and dry weather to Australia.

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Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Residents of the Northern Territory’s Top End and adjacent parts of Western Australia have endured their coldest nights of the year, with minimum temperatures plunging several degrees below the July average.

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Bitterly cold across the southeast with fresh snow and wild winds up high

The cold front that crossed Tasmania and the southeast mainland overnight has left up to 15 centimetres of fresh snow at higher elevations, with strong winds and low temperatures creating bitter conditions in the alpine region.

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