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Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

NOW TUE WED THU FRI

MinMax

Adelaide

16°C

25°C

Alice Springs

12°C

28°C

Brisbane

16°C

26°C

Broome

25°C

34°C

Cairns

22°C

27°C

Canberra

6°C

19°C

Darwin

25°C

32°C

Hobart

9°C

21°C

Melbourne

15°C

23°C

Perth

10°C

21°C

Sydney

15°C

21°C

National Summary

Moist and unstable E'ly winds near a low pressure zone bringing showers and storms over the northern tropics will start to contract north. Cold, gusty, showery SW'ly winds for southern WA behind a front. A gusty S'ly airstream will also cause some showers along the east coast.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Wednesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	16°C	25°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.6 - Moderate	NNE 9.0km/h	WSW 10.4km/h	43.3%	62.9%
Alice Springs	12°C	28°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.5 - Very High	E 7.9km/h	ESE 12.6km/h	27.1%	57.2%
Brisbane	16°C	26°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.1 - High	SSW 7.6km/h	ESE 7.9km/h	58.5%	71.2%
Broome	25°C	34°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.8 - Very High	E 15.1km/h	NW 14.8km/h	53.4%	83.3%
Cairns	22°C	27°C	52%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.9 - Very High	SE 18.7km/h	SE 22.7km/h	64.3%	83.8%
Canberra	6°C	19°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.9 - Moderate	SE 5.8km/h	N 9.4km/h	64.0%	82.0%
Darwin	25°C	32°C	46%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	11.5 - Extreme	ESE 16.9km/h	ENE 18.0km/h	73.2%	88.8%
Hobart	9°C	21°C	17%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	N 14.4km/h	N 14.0km/h	57.9%	81.1%
Melbourne	15°C	23°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4 - Moderate	NNE 13.7km/h	N 12.6km/h	52.2%	70.8%
Perth	10°C	21°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.1 - Moderate	ENE 6.1km/h	W 7.2km/h	51.9%	71.8%
Sydney	15°C	21°C	34%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.9 - Moderate	SW 12.6km/h	SSE 15.5km/h	66.8%	83.2%

Warnings

Mon 01:01 AWST

Gale Warning Per Local & Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin & Albanys. Strong Wind Warning Geraldton, Esperance & Eucla coasts

QLD

Mon 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Cooktown Coast

NSW

Sun 22:29 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Surf) for Lord Howe Island

NSW

Sun 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Byron, Coffs and Macquarie coasts

National

Sun 21:57 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Area

National

Sun 21:57 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

NSW

Sun 16:55 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

VIC

Sun 16:39 AEST

Frost Warning for North East and East Gippsland

QLD

Fri 12:11 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Fri 12:07 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Eyre Creek

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ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Another low barrelling towards northern New Zealand

After ex-Tropical Cyclone Vaianu dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain and generally wreaked havoc over northern New Zealand last week, another deep low pressure system is heading towards the region, this time from the south.

Coldest morning since last winter over inland NSW, SA and Vic

The coldest morning since last winter has eventuated over inland NSW, SA, Vic, and also parts of the ACT.

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

The coldest nights of 2026 to date await southeastern Australia this weekend, with temperatures falling to near or even below freezing across a wide area in the cool, dry airmass in the wake of a cold front.

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

It’s a wild and woolly afternoon in Tasmania as a cold front approaches from the west, with winds gusting up to 148 km/h at 4:49pm on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart.

Another low barrelling towards northern New Zealand

Coldest morning since last winter over inland NSW, SA and Vic

The coldest morning since last winter has eventuated over inland NSW, SA, Vic, and also parts of the ACT.

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

It’s a wild and woolly afternoon in Tasmania as a cold front approaches from the west, with winds gusting up to 148 km/h at 4:49pm on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart.

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Another low barrelling towards northern New Zealand

Coldest morning since last winter over inland NSW, SA and Vic

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

Another low barrelling towards northern New Zealand

Coldest morning since last winter over inland NSW, SA and Vic

Frosty weekend for the southeast with widespread freezing temperatures

148 km/h gust on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart

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