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

12°C

23°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

14°C

27°C

Rain showers
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Partly cloudy
Canberra

2°C

9°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

18°C

29°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

5°C

9°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

8°C

13°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

8°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°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

SA

Sun 11:36 ACST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Adelaide

VIC

Sun 11:55 AEST

Frost Warning for Northern Country, North East and East Gippsland

TAS

Sun 11:38 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Styx River

NSW

Sun 10:52 AEST

Cancelled Road Weather Alert for Canberra

TAS

Sun 10:23 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Huon River

SA

Sun 09:30 ACST

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

VIC

Sun 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for East Gippsland Coast

TAS

Sun 10:00 AEST

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

National

Sun 09:58 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western, Southeastern, And Southern Areas

National

Sun 09:57 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

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