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Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOW THU FRI SAT SUN

MinMax

Adelaide

13°C

18°C

Alice Springs

9°C

18°C

Brisbane

19°C

23°C

Broome

18°C

29°C

Cairns

19°C

28°C

Canberra

10°C

17°C

Darwin

21°C

30°C

Hobart

12°C

14°C

Melbourne

13°C

16°C

Perth

14°C

22°C

Sydney

16°C

23°C

National Summary

Showers are scattering across Qld's south, NSW, Vic, Tas & SA as moist air feeds a broad trough. The showers are increasing to heavier rain in Tas's east where easterly winds are moist & unstable. A high is clearing SA's west, the NT & WA. A front is bringing showers to SW WA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	13°C	18°C	44%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SSE 4.0km/h	SE 4.7km/h	74.0%	95.3%
Alice Springs	9°C	18°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6 - High	SW 11.5km/h	SSW 14.4km/h	60.1%	80.0%
Brisbane	19°C	23°C	60%	15 - 20 mm	Nil	4.5 - Moderate	W 2.2km/h	NE 3.6km/h	84.8%	99.3%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.5 - High	E 24.1km/h	E 9.4km/h	40.6%	64.1%
Cairns	19°C	28°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.9 - High	S 9.0km/h	ESE 14.0km/h	76.2%	89.6%
Canberra	10°C	17°C	18%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.7 - Low	NNW 2.9km/h	NW 10.1km/h	75.2%	94.4%
Darwin	21°C	30°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.3 - Very High	SE 16.6km/h	ENE 10.1km/h	54.6%	68.8%
Hobart	12°C	14°C	99%	30 - 35 mm	Nil	1.4 - Low	E 22.0km/h	ESE 10.8km/h	78.9%	98.8%
Melbourne	13°C	16°C	64%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.9 - Low	W 0.4km/h	WSW 9.4km/h	84.3%	100.0%
Perth	14°C	22°C	26%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	3.3 - Moderate	N 9.0km/h	NNW 9.0km/h	38.2%	74.8%
Sydney	16°C	23°C	48%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.9 - Low	WNW 12.6km/h	SE 4.3km/h	83.0%	98.4%

Warnings

QLD

Wed 17:33 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds & Heavy Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, CW, Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

QLD

Wed 17:33 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds & Heavy Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, CW, Maranoa & Warrego, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

TAS

Wed 16:58 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Furneaux Islands, North East and East Coast

TAS

Wed 16:58 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Furneaux Islands, North East and East Coast

NSW

Wed 16:50 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands

NSW

Wed 16:49 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) C Tablelands, North West Slopes & Plains, N Tablelands, Hunter & CW Slopes/Plains

NSW

Wed 16:49 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Heavy Rain) C Tablelands, North West Slopes & Plains, N Tablelands, Hunter & CW Slopes/Plains

QLD

Wed 16:48 AEST

Cancellation of Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

NSW

Wed 16:48 AEST

Cancellation of Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter and Sydney coasts

NSW

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Right on cue for the start of winter, a series of cold fronts will deliver a week of consistent showery weather for Perth and southwest WA, with light showers already scooting through the region on Wednesday morning and heavier rain likely to commence this afternoon or evening.

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

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