Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

17°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

28°C

Clear skies
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Fair
Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

12°C

22°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring strong winds & showers to Tas, Vic, southern NSW & SA; and small hail & highland snow to Tas. Another front will bring showers to southwest WA. Showery onshore winds will continue for the northern tropics. High pressure will keep elsewhere dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for South West & Central West coasts

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

WA

Wed 13:54 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

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