Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWWEDTHUFRISAT
MinMax
Mist
Adelaide

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

30°C

Clear skies
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

13°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

7°C

14°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

23°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front clearing eastern NSW into the Tasman sends showers, the odd storm and cold winds. Another front brushing past Tas leads to showers and gusty winds. High pressure settling over southeast Australia brings a cold morning followed by a dry and settled day.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

NSW

Tue 11:02 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands

TAS

Tue 10:51 AEST

Road Weather Alert for snow covered Roads for Central Plateau

VIC

Tue 10:48 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The King River

VIC

Tue 10:00 AEST

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

TAS

Tue 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning Far NW & CN coasts. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Upper E, Lower E, SE, SW & CW coasts

NSW

Tue 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts

SA

Tue 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

QLD

Tue 09:53 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for South East Gulf of Carpentaria & Peninsula, Cooktown and Cairns coasts

NT

Tue 09:23 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Roper Groote Coast

WA

Tue 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for North Kimberley and Leeuwin coasts

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