Elder Weather

A cold front will move east over NSW and southern Qld, bringing a stormy cool change. A cool-to-cold, cloudy day for Vic, Tas and southern SA with alpine snow. An area of instability should deepen over the west, triggering a few showers/storms. Hot still in the northwest.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Tuesday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	10°C	16°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.9 - Moderate	S 15.8km/h	S 23.0km/h	52.2%	69.8%
Alice Springs	16°C	28°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.8 - Very High	SE 20.5km/h	SE 25.2km/h	30.4%	54.1%
Brisbane	13°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8 - Very High	WNW 2.9km/h	NNE 11.2km/h	61.6%	78.0%
Broome	23°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.7 - Very High	NW 8.6km/h	WNW 20.5km/h	70.0%	92.4%
Cairns	19°C	25°C	43%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.1 - Extreme	SSE 18.0km/h	SE 23.8km/h	67.1%	87.2%
Canberra	6°C	18°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6 - High	WNW 13.0km/h	WNW 23.4km/h	48.8%	78.9%
Darwin	25°C	32°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.1 - Extreme	ESE 10.8km/h	NE 18.7km/h	52.5%	70.2%
Hobart	7°C	12°C	31%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.6 - Moderate	WNW 25.2km/h	W 27.0km/h	45.6%	68.5%
Melbourne	10°C	14°C	35%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.7 - Moderate	WSW 19.1km/h	SSW 24.8km/h	54.5%	77.1%
Perth	14°C	26°C	15%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	E 19.4km/h	E 14.4km/h	54.1%	82.8%
Sydney	14°C	24°C	12%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.4 - High	W 9.4km/h	SE 19.1km/h	48.8%	78.8%

Warnings

NSW

Fri 16:56 AEST

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

TAS

Fri 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower East, South East and South West coasts

National

Fri 15:58 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

Fri 13:03 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin Coast

QLD

Fri 15:03 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay coasts

VIC

Fri 11:01 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

NSW

Thu 10:46 AEST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

Thu 10:15 ACST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Flinders and Mid North

NSW

Tue 16:34 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Murray River

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Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Maximum temperatures will fluctuate quite dramatically across most of southern Australia over the weekend and into the new week, as the spring 'see-saw' takes full effect.

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Smoke from fires burning across Indonesia – which are being enhanced by El Niño – has arrived over Australia’s northwest coast this week.

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August tied as world’s warmest month on record

Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

Australia's golden canola crop visible from space

August tied as world’s warmest month on record

Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

Australia's golden canola crop visible from space

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