Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Rain
Adelaide

10°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

16°C

27°C

Drizzle
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

12°C

Rain showers
Darwin

23°C

29°C

Rain
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

6°C

16°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

20°C

National Summary

A low and a cold front will generate heavy rain, strong winds and isolated thunderstorms over the NT’s south, SA, Vic, Tas and western NSW. A post-frontal trough should bring a few showers to WA’s south. Moist easterly winds will bring showers to eastern Qld and the NT Top End.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

VIC

Wed 22:46 AEST

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

VIC

Wed 22:46 AEST

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

NSW

Wed 22:36 AEST

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

NSW

Wed 22:36 AEST

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

SA

Wed 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts. Cancellation for South Central Coast

NSW

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

VIC

Wed 22:00 AEST

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

TAS

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Thursday Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far NW, CN, Upper East, Lower E, South West & CW coasts

WA

Wed 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Esperance and Eucla coasts

WA

Wed 17:02 AWST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for South East Coastal

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