Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

6°C

16°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

20°C

30°C

Clear skies
Cairns

21°C

27°C

Fair
Canberra

3°C

14°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

10°C

14°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

23°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

20°C

National Summary

Unstable, moist onshore winds will bring a few showers & the odd storm to north Qld’s. A broad high pressure system will push showers into parts of Tas, Vic & southern WA & SA, while maintaining breezy conditions across the southeast, north & interior.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Wed 17:15 AEST

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

VIC

Wed 16:50 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

NSW

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning Thursday Macquarie, Illawarra, Batemans & Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning Thursday Byron, Coffs, Hunter & Sydney coasts

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far North West, CN, Upper East, Lower East & Central West coasts

National

Wed 16:02 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern, Western And Southeastern Areas

National

Wed 16:01 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Central, South Central, Upper South East & L SE coasts

WA

Wed 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Pilbara Coast East, Pilbara Coast West & North Kimberley and West Kimberley coasts

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