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Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

18°C

26°C

Alice Springs

19°C

27°C

Brisbane

20°C

28°C

Broome

27°C

33°C

Cairns

25°C

28°C

Canberra

15°C

23°C

Darwin

26°C

30°C

Hobart

13°C

23°C

Melbourne

15°C

22°C

Perth

22°C

33°C

Sydney

20°C

25°C

National Summary

A tropical low will cross far north Qld, producing heavy rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms. The monsoon trough should maintain showers and storms across northern WA and the NT. Another trough will trigger showers and thunderstorms over NSW, eastern Vic and southeast Qld.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	18°C	26°C	8%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.9 - Very High	NW 2.5km/h	WSW 13.0km/h	51.5%	73.6%
Alice Springs	19°C	27°C	24%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.5 - Extreme	SSE 16.2km/h	SE 15.8km/h	69.8%	94.5%
Brisbane	20°C	28°C	35%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.1 - Very High	SSE 3.6km/h	ENE 8.3km/h	64.5%	82.2%
Broome	27°C	33°C	41%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	13.6 - Extreme	E 11.2km/h	NW 11.5km/h	68.8%	87.8%
Cairns	25°C	28°C	70%	65 - 70 mm	Nil	13.7 - Extreme	SE 17.6km/h	NE 23.8km/h	86.1%	97.3%
Canberra	15°C	23°C	37%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.5 - Very High	SSE 6.5km/h	NE 9.0km/h	70.4%	91.0%
Darwin	26°C	30°C	51%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	13.8 - Extreme	SSE 5.8km/h	N 5.0km/h	79.9%	96.8%
Hobart	13°C	23°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.8 - Moderate	NW 10.8km/h	SE 13.3km/h	59.3%	76.8%
Melbourne	15°C	22°C	10%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.4 - High	S 2.5km/h	SSW 8.6km/h	65.2%	85.4%
Perth	22°C	33°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.6 - Very High	NNE 4.0km/h	WSW 11.5km/h	33.0%	65.1%
Sydney	20°C	25°C	55%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	8.7 - Very High	SSW 9.7km/h	SE 13.3km/h	77.2%	93.8%

Warnings

QLD

Tue 10:43 AEST

Tropical Cyclone Watch for Lockhart River to Port Douglas

National

Tue 11:28 AEDT

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

Tue 09:56 ACST

Minor Flood Warning For The Katherine River

National

Tue 11:15 AEDT

Gale Warning 8 For Southeastern, Southern And Western Area

QLD

Tue 09:42 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Cooktown, Cairns and Townsville coasts

Tue 10:01 ACDT

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy, Locally Intense Rainfall) for North East Pastoral district

Tue 10:01 ACDT

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy, Locally Intense Rainfall) for North East Pastoral district

Tue 09:01 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Simpson district

Tue 09:01 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Simpson district

Tue 09:01 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Simpson district

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Flooding in the Daintree after Sunday morning deluge

A surge of very moist southeasterly winds is bringing heavy rain to Qld's North Tropical Coast district today, Sunday 15th March.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Autumnal equinox almost here – what this means for Australia

Uluru’s wettest day in a decade as heavy rain targets central Australia

Flooding in the Daintree after Sunday morning deluge

Severe Brisbane Storm Stats

Autumnal equinox almost here – what this means for Australia

Uluru’s wettest day in a decade as heavy rain targets central Australia

Flooding in the Daintree after Sunday morning deluge

Severe Brisbane Storm Stats

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