Australian Weather Forecast

For Monday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

19°C

34°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

22°C

38°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

16°C

27°C

Partly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Severe thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

28°C

Clear skies
Canberra

11°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

28°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

16°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

20°C

32°C

Clear skies
Perth

16°C

28°C

Clear skies
Sydney

16°C

25°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Monday

Warnings

WA

Thu 14:20 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Karroun, Lockwood, Roe, Lakes, Fitzgerald Inland, Fitzgerald Coast, Esperance Coast and Esperance Inland

WA

Thu 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts

QLD

Thu 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

SA

Thu 21:31 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf & Upper West and Lower West coasts. Cancellation for Gulf St Vincent & Upper South East Coast

SA

Thu 22:09 ACDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

NSW

Thu 17:46 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Macquarie, Hunter and Sydney coasts

TAS

Thu 21:54 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley & East Coast

NSW

Thu 22:00 AEDT

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra & Batemans coasts. Cancellation for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie & Sydney coasts

TAS

Thu 22:01 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm Bay & Far NW, CN, Upper East, Lower E, SE & South West coasts

VIC

Thu 22:29 AEDT

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

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