Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

17°C

25°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

25°C

42°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

24°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

26°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

13°C

23°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

28°C

32°C

Cloudy
Hobart

13°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

17°C

23°C

Clear skies
Perth

23°C

34°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

20°C

27°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 Friday

Warnings

QLD

Wed 21:43 AEST

Major Flood Warning For Connors-Isaac & Mackenzie Rivers, Moderate Flood Warning For Fitzroy River & Flood Warning For Nogoa River Catchment

QLD

Wed 15:23 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Georgina River And Moderate Flood Warning For Eyre Creek

QLD

Wed 13:54 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Thomson And Alice Rivers And Jordan Creek

QLD

Wed 12:30 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Flinders River

QLD

Wed 11:16 AEST

Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Wed 09:28 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Suttor River

NSW

Wed 16:36 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Friday for Batemans and Eden coasts

WA

Wed 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Bunbury Geographe and Leeuwin coasts

NT

Wed 20:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Beagle Bonaparte Coast

SA

Wed 21:30 ACDT

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent & Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Victorian bushfire smoke visible from space

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Big week of rain for eastern Australia

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