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Australian Chart Summary

Monday - Latest

A trough along the coast of NSW and QLD is producing areas of heavy rain and a few thunderstorms. A cold front moving over VIC and TAS is triggering a few showers, heaviest along the coast. A large high pressure system in the south is bringing mostly sunny and settled weather.

Tuesday 22:00 EST

A persistent offshore low and trough near the NSW/QLD border will cause gusty winds, showers and the odd storm. A high will bring a cold morning and dry day to much of inland QLD, inland NSW, VIC, TAS and SA. Unseasonably warm winds for western WA before showers later.

Wednesday 22:00 EST

A high will bring another cold morning and dry day to much of southern inland QLD, inland NSW, VIC, TAS and SA. A trough should generate a few showers and the odd storm in QLD and northeastern NSW. Another trough in WA will produce patchy rain, mainly in the south.

Thursday 22:00 EST

A high will bring a cold morning and dry day to much of southern inland Australia. A weak trough and front should cause showery winds in TAS and southern WA and bring cloud to SA and VIC. A trough in the east should persist, causing NSW/QLD coastal showers to continue.

Friday 22:00 EST

A trough over the east should deepen once more, possibly forming a low and delivering increased wind and showers, focused on the NSW coast. Dry and mild over most of the interior and southwest WA. Warm and dry southeasterlies in the northwest.

Saturday 22:00 EST

A low and trough in the east may continue to deliver showers to eastern NSW. A large ridge of high pressure will keep the nation generally dry and clear. A cold front will approach the south, causing showers to develop later and winds to increase.

Sunday 22:00 EST

A low in the Tasman and associated front shall direct rain and blustery showers across the southeast, with snow falling over Alpine areas. A broad high pressure system will bring dry and settled conditions over much of WA, SA, the NT and QLD, but lead to a cool overnight period.

Now Temperature

At Darwin Ap

16:50 CST

Today

30°C

Tonight

18°C

Sunny

sunny

Weather News

Further heavy rain for SE QLD, NE NSW

11:57 EST

Rainfall totals from the current spell of wet weather could more than double over the next few days as a low pressure trough lingers over parts of northeast New South Wales, with shifting across the border into Queensland from this afternoon.

Sydney fog causes some public holiday flight delays

09:30 EST

Sydneysiders have woken to a classic pea-souper blanketing the city, with the thick fog forcing the cancellation of flights in and out of Sydney Airport.

Widespread fog causing headaches across southeastern Australia

07:09 EST

Fog and low cloud is causing travel headaches in Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and South Australia.