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Australian Weather Forecast

For Saturday

NOW FRI SAT SUN MON

MinMax

Adelaide

13°C

17°C

Alice Springs

9°C

24°C

Brisbane

15°C

21°C

Broome

17°C

29°C

Cairns

17°C

26°C

Canberra

6°C

14°C

Darwin

19°C

29°C

Hobart

9°C

15°C

Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Perth

8°C

20°C

Sydney

13°C

19°C

National Summary

A low should deepen as it moves off the NSW coast, causing strong winds, rain & storms, some intense to focus on SE Qld & eastern NSW. A high should cause winds to ease & most showers to clear in WA, & keep much of the remainder of the country dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Saturday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	13°C	17°C	82%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	2.4 - Low	NNE 22.3km/h	NNW 29.5km/h	68.0%	86.8%
Alice Springs	9°C	24°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.9 - Moderate	NW 18.7km/h	NW 27.0km/h	45.1%	71.2%
Brisbane	15°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.2 - Moderate	W 7.2km/h	W 3.2km/h	52.8%	74.0%
Broome	17°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	SE 4.7km/h	WSW 13.7km/h	46.5%	79.3%
Cairns	17°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.8 - High	S 6.8km/h	ESE 14.0km/h	66.4%	87.0%
Canberra	6°C	14°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	NW 9.0km/h	NW 18.0km/h	64.7%	92.5%
Darwin	19°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.9 - Very High	SSE 8.6km/h	NNE 7.2km/h	50.8%	70.5%
Hobart	9°C	15°C	15%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.3 - Low	NW 13.7km/h	NNW 12.6km/h	65.3%	92.2%
Melbourne	11°C	16°C	34%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	N 12.2km/h	NNE 22.7km/h	70.4%	91.8%
Perth	8°C	20°C	44%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.4 - Moderate	SW 12.6km/h	SW 14.4km/h	70.3%	94.8%
Sydney	13°C	19°C	17%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.7 - Low	W 13.0km/h	NNW 8.6km/h	54.0%	80.8%

Warnings

NSW

Thu 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Thu 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South West Coast

QLD

Thu 03:02 AEST

Severe Storm Warning (Winds, Hail & Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & Maranoa & Warrego

QLD

Thu 03:02 AEST

Severe Storm Warning (Winds, Hail & Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & Maranoa & Warrego

Thu 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany & Esperance coasts. Cancelled Per Local & Geraldton, Lancelin & Perth coasts

QLD

Thu 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Gold Coast Waters

Wed 21:26 AWST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lower West and South West districts

Wed 21:26 AWST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lower West and South West districts

NSW

Wed 22:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands

NSW

Wed 22:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Right on cue for the start of winter, a series of cold fronts will deliver a week of consistent showery weather for Perth and southwest WA, with light showers already scooting through the region on Wednesday morning and heavier rain likely to commence this afternoon or evening.

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

A large, complex system of low pressure is establishing itself over the southeastern mainland this week, in an unusual set-up for the last week of autumn.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

Unusually persistent low pressure over southeastern mainland

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