Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

15°C

Partly cloudy
Brisbane

16°C

24°C

Clear skies
Broome

16°C

26°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

20°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

9°C

12°C

Fair
Darwin

23°C

29°C

Heavy rain
Hobart

10°C

15°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

12°C

14°C

Fair
Perth

3°C

17°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°C

National Summary

A low west of Tas is bringing showers & gusty winds to southern SA. A cold front associated with the low is producing rain extending from NT through western Qld and NSW into Vic and Tas. Showers in onshore winds extend along Qld's east coast and the south coast of WA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Fri 10:58 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Mersey River

NSW

Fri 10:40 AEST

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

NSW

Fri 10:40 AEST

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

VIC

Fri 10:39 AEST

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

VIC

Fri 10:39 AEST

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

SA

Fri 09:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning S Cent, Upper SE & L SE coasts. Cancelled Spencer Gulf, St Vincent, Invest St & Upper West, Lower West & C Coasts

VIC

Fri 10:00 AEST

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

TAS

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm, Channel & Far NW, CN, SE, SW & CW coasts

NSW

Fri 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Macquarie, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

National

Fri 09:52 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

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