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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW THU FRI SAT SUN

MinMax

Adelaide

10°C

14°C

Alice Springs

10°C

19°C

Brisbane

16°C

25°C

Broome

18°C

29°C

Cairns

20°C

26°C

Canberra

6°C

9°C

Darwin

24°C

30°C

Hobart

5°C

12°C

Melbourne

10°C

14°C

Perth

9°C

17°C

Sydney

11°C

19°C

National Summary

Damaging winds behind a front with showers, isolated storms and showers will persist for NSW, Vic & Tas, falling as snow about the alps and elevated Tas while a high will clear SA. Showers over southern parts of the NT & Qld. Some showery winds for Qld, southwest WA & the Top End

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	10°C	14°C	37%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	WSW 17.3km/h	SW 16.9km/h	61.6%	80.2%
Alice Springs	10°C	19°C	14%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5 - Moderate	ESE 12.2km/h	ESE 22.0km/h	52.5%	79.1%
Brisbane	16°C	25°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.1 - Moderate	WNW 2.5km/h	W 8.6km/h	62.1%	83.5%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.6 - High	ESE 7.9km/h	WSW 12.6km/h	50.4%	84.1%
Cairns	20°C	26°C	29%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	SSE 15.5km/h	SE 20.9km/h	76.0%	88.0%
Canberra	6°C	9°C	53%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.9 - Low	WNW 23.8km/h	WNW 22.7km/h	70.3%	96.2%
Darwin	24°C	30°C	19%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.4 - Very High	ESE 10.4km/h	ENE 15.1km/h	69.1%	80.0%
Hobart	5°C	12°C	14%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1 - Low	NW 11.9km/h	W 22.0km/h	61.6%	82.5%
Melbourne	10°C	14°C	51%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.5 - Low	WNW 17.6km/h	WSW 18.7km/h	66.2%	89.7%
Perth	9°C	17°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.7 - Low	ESE 6.8km/h	E 10.8km/h	62.8%	83.0%
Sydney	11°C	19°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.1 - Low	NW 16.6km/h	W 22.0km/h	48.3%	63.5%

Warnings

Wed 17:31 ACST

Gale Warning for Upper West, Lower West & Central coasts

VIC

Wed 17:24 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

Wed 16:50 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Kangaroo Island & Mount Lofty Ranges, L Eyre, Yorke Peninsula & Lower South East districts

Wed 16:50 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Kangaroo Island & Mount Lofty Ranges, L Eyre, Yorke Peninsula & Lower South East districts

VIC

Wed 17:19 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Central, East Gippsland, North Central, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Wed 17:19 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Central, East Gippsland, North Central, North East and West and South Gippsland

Wed 16:35 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Lower Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Yorke Peninsula, Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island and Lower South East

VIC

Wed 16:58 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West, Central and West and South Gippsland

NSW

Wed 16:57 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, CW Slopes & Plains, South West Slopes, Riverina, Snowy Mountains & ACT

NSW

Wed 16:53 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lower Western

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Polar airmass surging towards Australia – where will the chill hit?

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Southern Annular Mode exceeds +5.0 in rare atmospheric event

Eastern Australia is seeing widespread rain and Australia’s ski resorts are struggling without natural snow as a rare atmospheric event unfolds in the Southern Hemisphere.

Victorian city’s wettest June day in 128 years

A vast rainband crossing eastern Australia has delivered widespread heavy rain, heaviest in northern and central Victoria, with Bendigo receiving 49.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Sydney's warmest June on record

Polar airmass surging towards Australia – where will the chill hit?

Southern Annular Mode exceeds +5.0 in rare atmospheric event

Victorian city’s wettest June day in 128 years

Sydney's warmest June on record

Polar airmass surging towards Australia – where will the chill hit?

Southern Annular Mode exceeds +5.0 in rare atmospheric event

Victorian city’s wettest June day in 128 years

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