Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

18°C

27°C

Fair
Alice Springs

22°C

39°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

21°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

23°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

19°C

31°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

27°C

31°C

Fair
Hobart

12°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

14°C

22°C

Clear skies
Perth

14°C

27°C

Cloudy
Sydney

22°C

29°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Warnings

WA

Fri 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe and Leeuwin coasts

SA

Fri 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Channel & Far North West, Central North, South East, South West and Central West coasts

SA

Thu 16:25 ACDT

Fire Weather Warning E Eyre, L Eyre, Mount Lofty Ranges, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Upper South East & Lower South East

VIC

Fri 04:10 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts

VIC

Fri 04:24 AEDT

Fire Weather Warning for Mallee and Wimmera

WA

Thu 13:36 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:36 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:36 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:36 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

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