Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

13°C

23°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

20°C

34°C

Thunderstorms
Brisbane

23°C

30°C

Thunderstorms
Broome

25°C

31°C

Thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

31°C

Clear skies
Canberra

11°C

27°C

Cloudy
Darwin

26°C

31°C

Rain showers
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

13°C

20°C

Clear skies
Perth

20°C

35°C

Clear skies
Sydney

19°C

30°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

WA

Tue 14:51 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Yarra Yarra and Swan Inland North

WA

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Geraldton and Leeuwin coasts

SA

Tue 21:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Spencer Gulf

TAS

Tue 16:35 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Furneaux Islands

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Tue 22:00 AEDT

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Tue 22:03 AEDT

Gale Warning for South East, South West & Central West coasts

TAS

Tue 22:16 AEDT

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western

TAS

Tue 22:21 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

WA

Tue 12:44 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Queensland flood threat looms after Christmas

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Christmas scorcher in the west

Perth will be by far the hottest Australian capital city on Christmas Day, with a maximum of 41°C expected as a broad area of heat bakes the west coast and nearby parts of Western Australia’s inland.

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White Christmas likely for parts of Tasmania

Snow will fall this week from Tuesday, December 23, for at least a couple of days in elevated parts of Tasmania, with a few flakes likely to persist into Christmas Day.

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