Winter solstice welcomes a frosty weekend

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Low-pressure systems moving over eastern Australia likely to bring another rainy, cold weekend over June 22 and 23rd, 2024.

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00:00Hello and happy Friday, it's Angus here at the Bureau of Meteorology on the 21st of June,

00:05which is the winter solstice.

00:07It's the shortest day of the year today in Australia, meaning each day from now until

00:11summer gets just a little bit more daylight each time.

00:14But we're not really here to talk about that, we are looking at the weekend weather and

00:18it's going to be another cool and frosty weekend for many areas, a little bit of rainfall but

00:23not a lot across the country, tending to hug either coastline.

00:26Let's get into the national map and see what the major players are in terms of the weather

00:30features for the weekend.

00:32We've got low pressure areas over the Tasman, they've been there all week and continuing

00:36to bring cool southerly winds up from the bottom of the map towards eastern Australia.

00:41And on Saturday those winds will be carrying a few showers for eastern Victoria and the

00:45New South Wales coast, so potentially another wet start to your weekend for Sydney, Newcastle,

00:50Wollongong and those other spots along the coastline.

00:53At the other side of the country we've got a cold front arriving in Perth early on Saturday

00:57morning, not a particularly powerful front but it will be bringing the usual array of

01:01weather so that's a spell of showers with a possible thunderstorm, maybe a little bit

01:05of hail and some cool gusty winds pushing through in the morning but clearing through

01:09the second half of the day.

01:11Elsewhere on Saturday a few showers possible along the Queensland coast all the way from

01:14Brisbane up to somewhere around that North Tropical Coast area, no significant rain expected

01:19there, probably single digits in most places if anything at all but if you do see a bit

01:23of rain, the first in quite some time after several dry weeks.

01:28Here's the rainfall map for Saturday, just highlighting how many places are expecting

01:31dry weather tomorrow, pretty much everywhere through the centre and the north of the country.

01:36The only areas which might see somewhat significant rain are really where we're getting into the

01:39yellow colouring on the shading here, so southwestern WA maybe 10 to 25mm in a few areas there and

01:46a thin area of the east coast, so the NSW coastline, potentially some of those eastern

01:50suburbs of Sydney as well as Gippsland and eastern Victoria and one or two spots along

01:55the Queensland coast too.

01:57No surprises that it will be another chilly start to Saturday, morning frosty temperatures

02:01expected across the east coast, low single digits and in some cases sub zero temperatures

02:06as you start your weekend, not quite as cool elsewhere but generally a pretty chilly start

02:11no matter where you live and then temperatures for the afternoon on Saturday looking fairly

02:15mild across northern Australia, still some 30 degree spots at this time of year through

02:20the dry season up north but don't expect to get higher than about 16 or 17 degrees if

02:24you live in Tasmania, Victoria, NSW, ACT, even South Australia, certainly stuck in the

02:30teens throughout those states.

02:32Now we'll look at Sunday, high pressure being the dominant feature across the southeast,

02:36that's giving us clear skies, settled weather but more chilly conditions first thing in

02:40the morning.

02:41That high will gradually drift eastwards and help to knock those showers away from the

02:45coastline, so drying conditions for coastal NSW and Queensland through the day on Sunday.

02:51Also note this kind of major look in weather system down to the south at the bottom of

02:54the map, a low with a bunch of fronts wrapping around it, that will be bringing some rain

02:58across open waters but for the country, just a few showers around the south coast of WA

03:04and South Australia.

03:05Another very frosty morning on Sunday, very very chilly for some of these places, every

03:10state and territory likely to see areas of frost on Sunday but it will be widespread

03:14through Tasmania, Victoria, southern NSW, southern Queensland and even parts of the

03:19Northern Territory with just a smattering here and there elsewhere and we're seeing

03:22that again because it's a clear night and those temperatures are falling, again low

03:26single digits, zero degrees, sub zero temperatures through a broad part of the country, not quite

03:31as cool in the west and of course warmer in the north.

03:34And a nice looking day on Sunday for many but it will be a chilly one so take the jacket

03:37if you're heading outdoors, temperatures stuck below 15 degrees for many areas in the southeast,

03:43heading up towards about 20 through central areas and high 20s a little further north.

03:48That is all from me for now, you can always get weather updates throughout the weekend

03:51at the Bureau website and app, thank you very much for checking in.

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