Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOWTUEWEDTHUFRI
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Clear skies
Canberra

1°C

12°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

14°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

24°C

Clear skies
Sydney

10°C

17°C

National Summary

A cold front crossing the southeast bring showers, some storms and cold gusty winds, falling as snow over the Alps and Tas highlands. High pressure directs onshore winds and some showers into SA's southeast and Qld's northeast, while keeping elsewhere largely dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Warnings

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

TAS

Sun 22:47 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

TAS

Sun 22:47 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

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