Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWMONTUEWEDTHU
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

6°C

14°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

22°C

Fair
Brisbane

12°C

24°C

Clear skies
Broome

17°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

17°C

24°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

2°C

12°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

5°C

14°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

14°C

Partly cloudy
Perth

10°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

6°C

17°C

National Summary

A low over the Tasman Sea will bring showers to Tas, Vic and southeast NSW. Showers and the odd storm will linger over WA with a trough. High pressure should maintain dry conditions over the interior while onshore winds bring showers to northeast Qld.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

QLD

Sun 18:05 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Gold Coast Waters

QLD

Sun 18:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Torres Strait & Peninsula and Cooktown coasts. Cancellation for Cairns Coast

NSW

Sun 17:12 AEST

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

NSW

Sun 17:05 AEST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

VIC

Sun 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West Coast

TAS

Sun 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West Coast. Cancellation for South West and Central West coasts

SA

Sun 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Investigator Strait & Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts. Cancelled Lower West Coast

National

Sun 15:12 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

WA

Sun 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Esperance Coast

NSW

Sun 10:03 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Canberra

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