Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

5°C

16°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

21°C

27°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

23°C

32°C

Rain
Hobart

9°C

13°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

22°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

20°C

National Summary

A gusty SW'ly airstream will surge behind a front & low, keeping SE AUS cold, showery & windy, with strong to damaging winds & snow falling across the Alps. Onshore winds will bring showers to coastal Qld, & southern SA & WA, while high pressure keeps elsewhere dry, but breezy.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

SA

Tue 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Wednesday Spencer Gulf, St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Lower West, Central, S Cent, Upper SE & L SE coasts

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East, South West and Central West coasts. Cancellation for Central North Coast

NSW

Tue 22:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Eden Coast

National

Tue 21:58 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

National

Tue 21:57 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern, Western And Southeastern Areas

VIC

Tue 17:06 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Wednesday for South West and Central

TAS

Tue 15:41 AEST

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

WA

Tue 13:01 AWST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast East and Pilbara Coast West

SA

Mon 12:26 ACST

Flood Warning For The Inland Rivers Sa

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Damaging winds and much-needed rain sweep southeast Australia

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