Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Heavy rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Partly 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

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Rain
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Rain
Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

7°C

17°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°C

National Summary

Rain & storms, some heavy, are likely in SA, Tas, Vic, western NSW, far SW Qld & the NT interior due to a slow-moving low. Strong showery winds are likely in WA's south & SA's west, to the west of the low. Just isolated showers for the NE tropics in easing, moist easterly winds.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

WA

Wed 04:49 AWST

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

WA

Wed 04:49 AWST

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

WA

Wed 04:45 AWST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East Coastal

SA

Wed 04:59 ACST

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

SA

Wed 04:59 ACST

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

SA

Wed 03:40 ACST

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

VIC

Wed 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

TAS

Wed 04:00 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 01:01 AWST

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

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