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Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOW SUN MON TUE WED

MinMax

Adelaide

10°C

16°C

Alice Springs

15°C

27°C

Brisbane

15°C

24°C

Broome

23°C

30°C

Cairns

19°C

27°C

Canberra

3°C

13°C

Darwin

25°C

32°C

Hobart

6°C

14°C

Melbourne

10°C

13°C

Perth

14°C

26°C

Sydney

11°C

17°C

National Summary

A cold front will move east over NSW and southern Qld, bringing a stormy cool change. A cool-to-cold, cloudy day for Vic, Tas and southern SA with alpine snow. An area of instability should deepen over the west, triggering a few showers/storms. Hot still in the northwest.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	10°C	16°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.9 - Moderate	S 16.9km/h	S 23.4km/h	54.6%	68.0%
Alice Springs	15°C	27°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.7 - Very High	SE 20.9km/h	SE 24.5km/h	29.8%	47.9%
Brisbane	15°C	24°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	S 8.6km/h	SE 16.9km/h	53.7%	75.1%
Broome	23°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.8 - Very High	NW 9.0km/h	WNW 20.5km/h	70.8%	91.3%
Cairns	19°C	27°C	9%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.7 - Very High	SSE 16.2km/h	SE 22.0km/h	61.4%	79.4%
Canberra	3°C	13°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	S 16.9km/h	S 19.8km/h	43.2%	68.2%
Darwin	25°C	32°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.1 - Extreme	ESE 10.8km/h	NE 19.4km/h	57.2%	70.3%
Hobart	6°C	14°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.2 - Moderate	W 20.2km/h	WNW 24.1km/h	49.9%	70.6%
Melbourne	10°C	13°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.5 - Moderate	S 17.3km/h	S 19.4km/h	54.5%	71.6%
Perth	14°C	26°C	13%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	E 21.6km/h	E 15.8km/h	55.6%	77.2%
Sydney	11°C	17°C	26%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.4 - High	SW 25.2km/h	S 29.5km/h	45.5%	65.1%

Warnings

TAS

Fri 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts. Cancellation for Lower East Coast

Fri 19:52 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin Coast

National

Fri 21:49 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

QLD

Fri 21:00 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 16:56 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts. Cancellation for Illawarra, Sydney and Batemans coasts

VIC

Fri 11:01 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

Thu 10:15 ACST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Flinders and Mid North

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Maximum temperatures will fluctuate quite dramatically across most of southern Australia over the weekend and into the new week, as the spring 'see-saw' takes full effect.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

August tied as world’s warmest month on record

Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

Australia's golden canola crop visible from space

August tied as world’s warmest month on record

Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

Australia's golden canola crop visible from space

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