Australian Synoptic Chart Summary

An area of instability stretches across from northern WA, the NT and northern and eastern Qld bringing isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. Onshore winds will bring a few showers to SE Australia. A ridge will bring dry and settled weather to the southwest.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:55PM UTC

Showers & storms, some intense, will affect northern parts of WA, the NT and QLD in an unstable area of heat and high humidity. Brisk moist winds will bring showers to southeast and southern Aus. High pressure will keep elsewhere dry and send increasingly hot winds to western WA.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:55PM UTC

Colder winds, showers, small hail and highland snow expected for Tas, SA, Vic & southern NSW with a cold front. Showers and storms, some intense, will persist across the country's north. A high will keep much of the remainder dry, directing hot easterlies to western WA.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:59PM UTC

A low pressure system near NZ will send showers to Tas and coastal parts of NSW and Vic. Showers & storms will persist in the tropical north, possibly extending to western WA with a trough. High pressure will keep much of the interior dry. Very warm winds in WA will shift east.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:59PM UTC

Humid unstable air may continue to produce storms over the tropical far north, possibly extending down towards central and southern WA. Cool westerly winds should bring showers across Tas. Dry and mostly clear across the east and interior under a ridge of high pressure.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:59PM UTC

Humid unstable air should generate showers and storms over northern Qld and the Top End. A westerly airflow may bring showers to western Tas. A ridge of high pressure over southern WA may direct onshore winds, bringing showers to southern and southeast WA, and keep elsewhere dry.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:59PM UTC

Humid unstable air may bring showers and storms across the northern tropics. Unstable air could extend through WA and eastern Qld and NSW towards southeast Aus, causing storms through WA and southeast Aus. Westerly winds may bring continues showers across western Tas.

ISSUED SATURDAY 6:59PM UTC