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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW THU FRI SAT SUN

MinMax

Adelaide

10°C

16°C

Alice Springs

7°C

18°C

Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Broome

18°C

29°C

Cairns

19°C

25°C

Canberra

3°C

11°C

Darwin

22°C

31°C

Hobart

3°C

12°C

Melbourne

5°C

15°C

Perth

11°C

19°C

Sydney

10°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front could bring gusty winds and showers to southwest WA. A trough may trigger showers and the odd thunderstorm over SA, the NT interior, southwest Qld and far western NSW. Moist winds around a high will bring showers to northern Tas, eastern NSW and eastern Qld.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	10°C	16°C	18%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.2 - Low	NE 7.6km/h	N 11.2km/h	64.9%	89.1%
Alice Springs	7°C	18°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.6 - Moderate	ENE 2.9km/h	WSW 5.8km/h	64.0%	91.8%
Brisbane	12°C	20°C	26%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.1 - Moderate	SW 5.8km/h	ESE 3.2km/h	62.0%	83.5%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.9 - High	E 19.1km/h	SSE 9.7km/h	43.2%	66.0%
Cairns	19°C	25°C	32%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.1 - High	S 13.3km/h	SE 18.7km/h	76.4%	85.7%
Canberra	3°C	11°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.2 - Low	SE 5.0km/h	NNW 9.0km/h	73.3%	92.2%
Darwin	22°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.6 - Very High	SSE 10.1km/h	ESE 14.0km/h	56.1%	75.0%
Hobart	3°C	12°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.2 - Low	NW 11.5km/h	N 8.3km/h	65.7%	91.5%
Melbourne	5°C	15°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.7 - Low	NNE 5.8km/h	N 11.2km/h	69.9%	89.7%
Perth	11°C	19°C	14%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	SE 2.2km/h	SSW 7.6km/h	73.2%	94.1%
Sydney	10°C	16°C	46%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.6 - Low	W 8.6km/h	S 6.8km/h	74.8%	90.0%

Warnings

QLD

Wed 05:53 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

NSW

Wed 05:21 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

TAS

Wed 04:07 AEST

Road Weather Alert for icy Roads for Central North, Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley and Central Plateau

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Byron Coast. Cancellation for Coffs Coast

National

Wed 03:43 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

National

Wed 03:40 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

NSW

Wed 03:29 AEST

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

QLD

Wed 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Torres St, Sun Cst Waters, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown & Cairns coasts. Cancelled K'gari, Townsville & Mackays

Tue 16:27 ACST

Frost Warning for Lower South East

VIC

Tue 16:57 AEST

Frost Warning for Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, South West and Central

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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New provisional high pressure record for Australia

A weather station in Tasmania has just recorded what could be the highest mean sea level pressure on record in Australia.

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

Frigid temperatures were recorded overnight across southeastern Australia, as dry, cold air settled over the most heavily populated corner of the country in the wake of a cold front.

Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

A large pool of exceptionally warm water sitting below the surface of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is laying the foundation for a prolonged and potent El Niño in the second half of 2026.

Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

New provisional high pressure record for Australia

A weather station in Tasmania has just recorded what could be the highest mean sea level pressure on record in Australia.

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

Frigid temperatures were recorded overnight across southeastern Australia, as dry, cold air settled over the most heavily populated corner of the country in the wake of a cold front.

Australian Weather Forecast

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

News from across Australia

Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

New provisional high pressure record for Australia

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

New provisional high pressure record for Australia

Melbourne’s coldest night of 2026 as five states fall below zero

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