Storms in the north and east, sunny in the south and west

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The national weather forecast for Friday, March 28, 2025 by the Bureau of Meteorology at 2:30pm AEDT, 27 March 2025.

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00:00Hi it's Christy at the Weather Bureau with your national weather forecast for

00:04tomorrow, Friday the 28th of March. Starting with our synoptic pattern

00:08through the north, a monsoon trough extending through the north but also

00:11down into western Queensland. Now this is the weather system that's brought so

00:15much heavy rain and widespread flooding through inland parts and that will

00:18continue tomorrow. So if you want more information about this weather system

00:22make sure you check out our severe weather video also posted today which

00:25will have all the details. But elsewhere we have a high-pressure ridge through

00:29the south, now that's bringing settled conditions to southern Australia. Through

00:33the western an offshore trough which is allowing hot easterly winds to continue

00:37heatwave conditions along the west coast. And then through the north we have a

00:41couple of tropical lows. Now this one over in the far west is severe tropical

00:47cyclone Courtney, that one's moving away from Australia not expected to impact us.

00:50However tropical low 28u is moving towards the coast and there is a brief

00:55window where it has a moderate chance of forming into a tropical cyclone. So

01:00we're watching this one closely. Elsewhere we have a cold front moving

01:03across the Southern Ocean that will impact Tasmania on Saturday. In

01:08Queensland we can see widespread heavy rainfall and some thunderstorms

01:12continuing. Now again mostly through inland parts during the day but as we go

01:16through the day that heavy rainfall will start to move eastwards and start to

01:19impact southeast Queensland. Under all this rain and cloud we are seeing

01:23temperatures well below average up to 10 degrees below average in the south

01:27but closer to average through the peninsula. Brisbane heading for a top of

01:3127 degrees with rain increasing during the day as this system moves eastwards.

01:36Down in New South Wales rain and thunderstorms moving into the northern

01:40inland initially extending into the central inland and later in the day we

01:45could see some of that heavier rainfall moving towards the east as well. Once

01:48again temperatures well below average through the north closer to average in

01:52the south. Sydney heading for a top of 27, Canberra 24 both expecting showers to

01:57increase during the day as this system moves southwards. Down in Victoria though

02:02a mostly settled and warm day with winds tending northerly. We will see cloud

02:06increasing from the north though as this system gets closer a couple of showers

02:10perhaps about the ranges or through the north. Melbourne itself though heading

02:14for a mostly sunny top of 30 degrees. Very settled in Tasmania as well with

02:19conditions just the chance of a shower along the north coast. Hobart heading for

02:2425 degrees and mostly sunny. Mostly sunny also across southern parts of South

02:29Australia with warm conditions. Adelaide heading for 32 degrees however we could

02:34see cooler and cloudier conditions up in the northeast with the potential for

02:38some showers or thunderstorms moving across the border. Over in the west warm

02:43to hot and mostly sunny through southern WA and central parts as well with high

02:48fire dangers. However during the day as this west coast trough starts to move a

02:53little bit on shore it will allow some south to southwest lee winds to bring

02:56slightly cooler conditions particularly to the southwest coast. So Perth heading

03:01for a top of 35 degrees still hot but not quite as hot as today. And then

03:06through the north we see this monsoon trough maintaining showers and

03:09thunderstorms through the northern Kimberley and the top end. We could see

03:12some locally heavy rainfall with some of those thunderstorms. We could also see

03:16heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts as tropical low 28u moves towards the

03:21coast. Now once again there is a brief window for this system where it may turn

03:26into a tropical cyclone however either way it will still likely bring heavy

03:31rainfall and damaging winds so a severe weather warning has been issued for this

03:34area. We also see cloud and light rain and cool conditions through southern

03:38parts of the Northern Territory. 25 degrees for Alice Springs while Darwin's

03:43heading for a top of 32 degrees with a shower or two and possible thunderstorm.

03:47And that's it for our weather update. Make sure you stay up to date with the

03:50latest forecasts and warnings for your location on the Bureau's website or app

03:54and we'll see you again soon.

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