Elder Weather

Cold and gusty S'ly to SE'ly winds bringing showers to coastal NSW, Qld, eastern Tas and Vic should ease. Unstable airmasses should produce showers over WA. Onshore winds bring showers to the eastern tropics. Mostly dry elsewhere under a broad ridge of high pressure.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	8°C	15°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	E 5.4km/h	E 6.8km/h	59.0%	83.1%
Alice Springs	7°C	18°C	14%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.1 - Moderate	ESE 6.5km/h	ESE 10.8km/h	71.8%	94.7%
Brisbane	13°C	21°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.3 - Moderate	SW 8.3km/h	S 8.6km/h	62.0%	80.4%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.4 - High	E 20.9km/h	SE 12.2km/h	41.9%	74.8%
Cairns	19°C	24°C	61%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.5 - High	SSE 19.8km/h	SE 24.5km/h	72.6%	84.2%
Canberra	2°C	11°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SSE 7.9km/h	SE 11.2km/h	64.5%	91.2%
Darwin	23°C	30°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.8 - Very High	SSE 11.2km/h	ESE 12.6km/h	54.5%	73.1%
Hobart	5°C	10°C	25%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.3 - Low	S 9.0km/h	ESE 8.3km/h	60.4%	96.0%
Melbourne	7°C	13°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	ENE 2.9km/h	S 5.8km/h	72.8%	96.5%
Perth	10°C	21°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	NE 5.8km/h	NNW 6.8km/h	64.5%	89.8%
Sydney	10°C	17°C	37%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.7 - Low	WSW 14.8km/h	SSW 17.3km/h	59.9%	85.9%

Warnings

NSW

Sat 04:57 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunday for Hunter and Sydney coasts

TAS

Sat 04:38 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

NSW

Sat 04:29 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Sat 04:10 AEST

Gale Warning for East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts

TAS

Sat 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Storm Bay, Central Plateau Lakes & Lower East, South East & South West coasts

NSW

Sat 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Sat 03:47 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The King River And Moderate Flood Warning For The Ovens River

National

Sat 03:28 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 8 For Western And Southern Areas

Sat 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Leeuwin Coast

QLD

Sat 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Cooktown Coast

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News from across Australia

25 centimetres of snow falls just in time for the school holidays

Rare July tropical cyclone risk in southwest Pacific this week

Severe weather warnings in four states, Adelaide’s wettest July day in 10 years

Sydney's warmest June on record

25 centimetres of snow falls just in time for the school holidays

Rare July tropical cyclone risk in southwest Pacific this week

Severe weather warnings in four states, Adelaide’s wettest July day in 10 years

Sydney's warmest June on record

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