Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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National Summary

A deep low should move to NZ, causing strong winds to ease further & most showers to clear in Australia's southeast. Showers, a few storms & strong winds should cross WA & reach SA as a trough & front moves east. It should be dry elsewhere in the country due to highs.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

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Bombing low hammers southwest WA as fierce winds worsen

A bombing low southwest of WA is now impacting broad areas of the state’s southwest, with conditions expected to worsen through Sunday.

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A "bombing low" is brewing off WA. Here’s what makes it dangerous

Explosive cyclogenesis is underway over the eastern Indian Ocean, where a rapidly deepening low pressure system is setting parts of southwest Western Australia up for a wild weekend of damaging to destructive winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms and dangerous seas.

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Extremely windy weekend ahead for southwest WA

Damaging winds are likely for Perth and parts of southwest Western Australia, especially near the coast, as a cold front roars in later this weekend.

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Multiple flood rescues as New South Wales deluge delivers 100 mm in three hours

Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of New South Wales on Thursday into Friday morning, with the State Emergency Service performing five flood rescues and responding to more than 300 incidents in 24 hours.

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