Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

MinMax

National Summary

A high will bring a cold morning to southern states, southern Qld and the NT interior while causing alpine snowfalls to clear and brisk winds to ease in the southeast. Westerly winds between fronts will maintain a few showers over western Tas, coastal SA and coastal Vic.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

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News from across Australia

Last wintry burst for at least a week across southeast Australia

After heavy rain on the weekend and a spell of cooler, windy conditions in the first half of the working week as a pair of cold fronts surged across the southeast, a period of drier, stable, warmer weather lies ahead for much of the country’s most heavily populated corner.

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Major flood risk in northern Victoria

Floodwaters continue to flow through rivers in central and northern Victoria following torrential rainfall over the last few days, with a risk of major flooding at Wangaratta this Tuesday.

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Perth’s coldest August morning in nine years after stormy cold front

After a wet and stormy start to the week, Perth and surrounding areas just shivered through their coldest August morning in around a decade.

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Flood warnings after heavy SE Australia rain, record August totals in parts of Vic

Extremely heavy rain has fallen across parts of Victoria, South Australia and southern New South Wales and the ACT, with numerous flood warnings in place after a very wet, relatively mild Sunday ahead of a cold front which pushed towards the east coast early on Monday morning.

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