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A strong high over southeast Australia is sending showers onto western Tas, NSW and southeast Qld. The same high drives dry, gusty winds across the north and brings some light showers to the Top End. A cold front will bring increasing showers to southwest WA. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	4°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.2 - Moderate	NE 9.4km/h	N 13.0km/h	56.4%	72.5%
Alice Springs	1°C	20°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	NE 11.9km/h	E 9.0km/h	40.4%	60.2%
Brisbane	12°C	21°C	21%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.7 - Moderate	SSW 6.8km/h	ESE 11.2km/h	64.6%	81.8%
Broome	18°C	28°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.8 - High	ENE 10.1km/h	WSW 13.0km/h	48.4%	74.2%
Cairns	17°C	24°C	23%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.2 - Very High	SSE 19.4km/h	SE 25.2km/h	68.5%	83.6%
Canberra	-1°C	13°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	E 3.6km/h	NNW 10.8km/h	64.1%	87.8%
Darwin	22°C	30°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.2 - Very High	ESE 9.0km/h	ENE 16.2km/h	52.4%	72.3%
Hobart	4°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.6 - Low	N 9.7km/h	NNW 11.2km/h	62.2%	83.0%
Melbourne	3°C	15°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	NNE 10.1km/h	N 13.0km/h	64.1%	84.3%
Perth	8°C	17°C	23%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	3.7 - Moderate	S 10.4km/h	S 11.9km/h	61.7%	79.0%
Sydney	8°C	16°C	44%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.2 - Moderate	W 11.2km/h	E 5.4km/h	68.6%	89.4%

Warnings

Sat 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin, Albany and Esperance coasts

QLD

Sat 09:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns and Townsville coasts

NSW

Sat 04:40 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

Sat 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central Coast

VIC

Sat 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for West Coast

TAS

Sat 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South West and Central West coasts

Fri 16:02 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North, Riverland, Murraylands and Lower South East

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

Melbourne is forecast to kick off August with a Saturday morning minimum around 2°C, which would make it the city’s coldest morning of the year to date.

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

One of Australia’s main climate drivers – the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – may have just entered a phase that typically brings warm and dry weather to Australia.

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Residents of the Northern Territory’s Top End and adjacent parts of Western Australia have endured their coldest nights of the year, with minimum temperatures plunging several degrees below the July average.

Bitterly cold across the southeast with fresh snow and wild winds up high

The cold front that crossed Tasmania and the southeast mainland overnight has left up to 15 centimetres of fresh snow at higher elevations, with strong winds and low temperatures creating bitter conditions in the alpine region.

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

Melbourne is forecast to kick off August with a Saturday morning minimum around 2°C, which would make it the city’s coldest morning of the year to date.

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

One of Australia’s main climate drivers – the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) – may have just entered a phase that typically brings warm and dry weather to Australia.

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News from across Australia

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Bitterly cold across the southeast with fresh snow and wild winds up high

Melbourne expecting coldest morning of the year

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be developing – What this means for Australia

Darwin shivers through coldest two nights of the year

Bitterly cold across the southeast with fresh snow and wild winds up high

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