Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

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MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

12°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

18°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

8°C

15°C

Fair
Darwin

25°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

13°C

17°C

Cloudy
Perth

12°C

18°C

Fair
Sydney

14°C

28°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring gusty winds & showers to WA's south and southwest. A low pressure trough will bring showers and storms to southern SA and western Vic. A high will keeping much of the remainder of the country dry, just the odd shower for the far northern tropical coasts.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Warnings

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for South West & Central West coasts

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

WA

Wed 13:54 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

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