Australian Weather Forecast

For Sunday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

13°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

10°C

16°C

Fair
Brisbane

17°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

17°C

27°C

Fair
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Cloudy
Canberra

10°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

9°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

10°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

5°C

20°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

21°C

National Summary

A front and a moist, unstable airmass will bring rain to central and southern Australia. Onshore winds will direct showers into eastern NSW, northern Tas, southeast Qld and the far north tropics. A high keeps elsewhere dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Sunday

Warnings

NSW

Fri 16:32 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds And Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

QLD

Fri 16:08 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 16:07 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts

QLD

Fri 16:07 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast

QLD

Fri 16:07 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast

NSW

Fri 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for Byron and Coffs coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Macquarie and Hunter coasts. Cancellation for Sydney Coast

QLD

Fri 16:00 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Wide Bay and Burnett & Southeast Coast

QLD

Fri 16:00 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Wide Bay and Burnett & Southeast Coast

NSW

Fri 15:57 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Northern Rivers & Mid North Coast

NSW

Fri 15:57 AEST

DAMAGING Surf for Northern Rivers & Mid North Coast

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