Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

9°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

1°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

7°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

9°C

23°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front crossing Tas, Vic and southern NSW is bringing showers, strong winds and the odd storm, falling as snow over the Alps and Tas highlands. High pressure elsewhere is bringing largely clear and settled conditions, while easing winds and showers over SA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

QLD

Wed 05:56 AEST

Strong Wind Warning South East Gulf of Carpentaria, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown & Cairns coasts

SA

Wed 04:38 ACST

Road Weather Alert for reduced visibility in fog for Adelaide

NSW

Wed 04:54 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 04:46 AEST

Road Weather Alert for snow covered Roads for Central Plateau

VIC

Wed 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast. Cancellation for Central Gippsland Coast

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Wed 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning South East & South West coasts. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far NW, CN & CW coasts

WA

Wed 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for North Kimberley and Leeuwin coasts

NT

Wed 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Roper Groote Coast

VIC

Tue 17:07 AEST

Frost Warning for North East

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