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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Broome

14°C

26°C

Cairns

19°C

26°C

Canberra

9°C

12°C

Darwin

23°C

29°C

Hobart

10°C

14°C

Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Perth

7°C

17°C

Sydney

16°C

20°C

National Summary

Rain & storms, some heavy, should extend from the country's southeast to the northern tropics, in a trough ahead of a slow-moving low. Blustery showery winds are likely to persist in Vic, SA & WA's south in the wake of the low. Isolated showers & moist winds in the NE tropics.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	11°C	15°C	92%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	2.2 - Low	WSW 19.1km/h	WSW 20.5km/h	72.4%	90.8%
Alice Springs	6°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.4 - Moderate	SSW 15.8km/h	S 17.6km/h	63.0%	82.4%
Brisbane	14°C	23°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.1 - Moderate	NW 2.2km/h	N 7.2km/h	59.5%	87.0%
Broome	14°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.9 - High	ESE 31.0km/h	ESE 29.2km/h	32.1%	61.5%
Cairns	19°C	26°C	33%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7 - High	S 9.7km/h	SE 15.5km/h	75.3%	89.3%
Canberra	9°C	12°C	73%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	2.3 - Low	NW 18.4km/h	NW 22.0km/h	77.0%	99.1%
Darwin	23°C	29°C	40%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.1 - Very High	SSE 6.1km/h	ENE 10.1km/h	68.5%	87.8%
Hobart	10°C	14°C	51%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.1 - Low	NW 11.9km/h	WNW 11.2km/h	63.2%	92.5%
Melbourne	11°C	14°C	57%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.9 - Low	N 18.4km/h	NNW 17.3km/h	68.7%	90.3%
Perth	7°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.3 - Moderate	ENE 5.8km/h	ENE 8.3km/h	64.4%	83.0%
Sydney	16°C	20°C	8%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	NNW 19.8km/h	NNW 19.1km/h	60.0%	76.9%

Warnings

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Esperance Coast. Cancellation for Pilbara Coast West & Eucla Coast

QLD

Tue 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown, Townsville and Mackay coasts. Cancellation for Cairns Coast

Tue 16:48 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South East Coastal district

Tue 16:48 AWST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South East Coastal district

Tue 16:41 AWST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East Coastal. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt

Tue 16:23 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula & West Coast & North West Pastoral districts

Tue 16:23 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula & West Coast & North West Pastoral districts

VIC

Tue 16:15 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Port Phillip

Tue 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Spencer Gulf & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central and South Central coasts

National

Tue 15:52 AEST

Final Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

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The Bureau of Meteorology has declared that El Niño has arrived and it is likely to last until at least the end of the year.

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The Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice will occur this Sunday, marking the shortest day of the year in Australia based on daylight hours.

Massive northwest cloudband brings heavy rain

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News from across Australia

El Niño is here and it could challenge records in 2026

Australia's shortest day of the year this weekend

Massive northwest cloudband brings heavy rain

Wet in the southwest with rare WA snow possible

El Niño is here and it could challenge records in 2026

Australia's shortest day of the year this weekend

Massive northwest cloudband brings heavy rain

Wet in the southwest with rare WA snow possible

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