Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWMONTUEWEDTHU
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

8°C

14°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

3°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

11°C

23°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

14°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

2°C

10°C

Fair
Darwin

19°C

29°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

5°C

9°C

Rain
Melbourne

8°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

8°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

17°C

National Summary

A cold front extends gusty showers across Vic & Tas while onshore winds with strengthening high pressure over WA's south drives showers along the southern coast in cold onshore winds. Onshore SE winds maintain showers onto NSW's north coast & Qld's north tropical coast.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

NSW

Sun 04:17 AEST

Road Weather Alert for reduced visibility in fog for Canberra

SA

Sun 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Monday Invest St & Upper West, Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts

VIC

Sun 04:10 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast. Cancellation for Central Gippsland Coast

TAS

Sun 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Banks Strait and Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island & South East, South West and Central West coasts

NSW

Sun 04:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast. Cancellation for Batemans Coast

National

Sun 03:52 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

National

Sun 03:52 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

WA

Sun 01:01 AWST

Gale Warning Leeuwin, Albany & Esperances. Strong Wind Warning Pilbara E & N Kimberley, West Kimberley, Bunbury Geographe & Eucla coasts

NT

Sun 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Beagle Bonaparte and Roper Groote coasts. Cancellation for Arafura Coast

QLD

Sun 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East Gulf of Carpentaria

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