Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

14°C

27°C

Fair
Alice Springs

23°C

37°C

Fair
Brisbane

21°C

29°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

28°C

31°C

Fair
Cairns

23°C

31°C

Cloudy
Canberra

13°C

26°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

26°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

13°C

22°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

14°C

26°C

Clear skies
Perth

24°C

35°C

Fair
Sydney

19°C

27°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 Saturday

Warnings

SA

Fri 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for East of Flinders Island & Far North West, Upper East, Lower East and South East coasts

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast

WA

Thu 16:13 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Yarra Yarra, Karroun, Lockwood, Mortlock and Avon

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe and Leeuwin coasts

SA

Thu 16:40 ACDT

Fire Weather Warning for West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Lower Eyre Peninsula

WA

Thu 13:47 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:47 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:47 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:47 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

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