Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

6°C

13°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Fair
Brisbane

11°C

23°C

Fair
Broome

21°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

16°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

-1°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

4°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

5°C

18°C

Clear skies
Sydney

6°C

16°C

National Summary

A front is bringing blustery winds & showers to SA, Tas, Vic & southern NSW. Highland snowfalls in Tas are easing. Showers for the far NE tropics in moist onshore winds. A strong high is keeping elsewhere dry with gusty SE winds, turning a chilly morning into a mostly sunny day.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

WA

Fri 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast East, Pilbara Coast West & North Kimberley Coast. Cancellation for West Kimberley Coast

TAS

Fri 15:00 AEST

Initial Minor Flood Warning For The Huon River

NT

Fri 14:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Beagle Bonaparte and Arafura coasts. Cancellation for Roper Groote Coast

QLD

Fri 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula and Cooktown coasts. Cancellation for South East Gulf of Carpentaria

TAS

Fri 10:56 AEST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley and South East

NSW

Fri 10:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Central Tablelands and Snowy Mountains. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands

TAS

Fri 10:54 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Central Plateau and Western

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Eden Coast

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far North West, Lower East, South East, South West & Central West coasts

SA

Fri 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

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