Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

MinMax

National Summary

A high will shift east to be over the Tasman Sea, directing cool SE winds along the east coast and maintaining cool air over Tas, Vic and NSW. An area of low pressure over the interior will edge isolated showers and storms east over Qld while a cold front will move over the Bight

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

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Pacific Ocean subsurface water now 8°C above normal – what this means for El Niño

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Why the mountains were warmer than parts of coastal Victoria last night

It was an upside-down night of weather in Victoria, with the mercury hovering well above zero overnight across the higher parts of Victoria’s alpine region, while numerous locations near the coast were slightly colder for most of the night.

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New provisional high pressure record for Australia

A weather station in Tasmania has just recorded what could be the highest mean sea level pressure on record in Australia.

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