Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWWEDTHUFRISAT
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

18°C

32°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Fair
Canberra

6°C

16°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

9°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

12°C

22°C

National Summary

A front will bring strong winds, showers, small hail & highland snow to Tas, & blustery winds & showers to Vic & southern NSW. A high will cause wind to ease & most showers to clear in SA. Another front will bring showers to SW WA. Showery onshore winds for the northeast tropics.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Tue 08:36 AEST

Gale Warning for South West Coast

SA

Tue 04:35 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

National

Tue 04:40 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western, Southeastern And Southern Areas

National

Tue 04:40 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western, Southern And Southeastern Areas

NSW

Tue 04:39 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Tue 04:39 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

VIC

Tue 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

VIC

Tue 04:09 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Tue 04:09 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

TAS

Tue 04:07 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East and East Coast

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