Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

18°C

Fair
Alice Springs

6°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

12°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

20°C

30°C

Clear skies
Cairns

22°C

27°C

Fair
Canberra

3°C

14°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

22°C

Clear skies
Sydney

9°C

20°C

National Summary

A gusty SW'ly airstream will surge behind a front & low, keeping SE AUS cold, showery & windy, with strong to damaging winds & snow falling across the Alps. Onshore winds will bring showers to coastal north Qld, & southern SA & WA, while a high keeps windy but dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

TAS

Thu 04:32 AEST

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

SA

Thu 03:40 ACST

Strong Wind Warning L SE Coast. Cancelled Gulf St Vincent, Spencer Gulf, Invest St & South Central, Upper South East & Central coasts

VIC

Thu 04:10 AEST

Gale Warning for Port Phillip & Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Western Port & West Coast

NSW

Thu 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning Macquarie, Illawarra, Batemans & Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning Sydney Enclosed Waters & Byron, Coffs, Hunter & Sydneys

TAS

Thu 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Far North West, Central North, South East, South West & Central West coasts

National

Thu 03:46 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern, Western And Southeastern Areas

VIC

Thu 03:33 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning South West, Central, W & S Gippsland & East Gippsland. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning North Central & North East

NSW

Thu 03:33 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands, Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

WA

Thu 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast East, Pilbara Coast West & North Kimberley and West Kimberley coasts

QLD

Thu 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Cooktown and Cairns coasts

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Welcome rain for dry parts of northern NSW, southern Qld

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