Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

20°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

22°C

27°C

Fair
Canberra

3°C

13°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

10°C

14°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

22°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

20°C

National Summary

A front sweeping across SE AUS should bring a wintry mix of gusty showers, strong to damaging winds, high ground snow & a cold day. A few snow flurries may even reach the Blue Mountains. Unstable air and onshore winds may trigger showers over NE NSW & E Qld, southern WA & SA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

NSW

Wed 06:01 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern Rivers

NSW

Wed 06:01 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern Rivers

VIC

Wed 05:49 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Wed 04:49 AEST

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

SA

Wed 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper SE & L SE coasts

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning Thursday Macquarie, Hunter, Illawarra, Batemans & Edens. Strong Wind Warning Thursday Syd Enclosed Waters & Byron, Coffs & Syds

TAS

Wed 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for South West Coast

National

Wed 03:45 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

National

Wed 03:44 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern, Western And Southeastern Areas

VIC

Wed 03:38 AEST

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

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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