Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

MinMax

National Summary

A broad high will bring a cold morning to the nation’s south and interior, frosty in the east. A cold front clipping Tas will bring showers and brisk winds to southern SA, Tas and Vic. A trough developing over northern WA will bring showers to WA’s interior later in the day.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Records fall as El Niño strengthens

Records are being broken in the ocean and atmosphere as El Niño continues to strengthen in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Two spectacular cloud formations over Australia

Thursday morning’s satellite image over Australia revealed two spectacular cloud formations – one on a vast scale, the other localised but just as striking when viewed at closer range.

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Last wintry burst for at least a week across southeast Australia

After heavy rain on the weekend and a spell of cooler, windy conditions in the first half of the working week as a pair of cold fronts surged across the southeast, a period of drier, stable, warmer weather lies ahead for much of the country’s most heavily populated corner.

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Major flood risk in northern Victoria

Floodwaters continue to flow through rivers in central and northern Victoria following torrential rainfall over the last few days, with a risk of major flooding at Wangaratta this Tuesday.

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