Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWTUEWEDTHUFRI
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Fair
Alice Springs

6°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

18°C

26°C

Fair
Broome

23°C

32°C

Fair
Cairns

21°C

27°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

3°C

10°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

32°C

Rain
Hobart

6°C

12°C

Rain
Melbourne

7°C

11°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

22°C

Clear skies
Sydney

11°C

19°C

National Summary

Fronts crossing southeast Australia should bring showers, falling as snow across the Alps, strong winds & cold temperatures. Unstable air may trigger showers & storms over northeast NSW & southeast Qld. Onshore winds should drive showers over both WA & SA's south.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Sun 22:50 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:50 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

NSW

Sun 22:50 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

NSW

Sun 22:50 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

SA

Sun 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Central, S Cent, Upper SE & L SE coasts. Cancelled L West Cst

NSW

Sun 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

VIC

Sun 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Sun 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Far North West Coast

WA

Sun 13:01 AWST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Gascoyne Coast

QLD

Fri 11:21 AEST

Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

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