Cold front moving over southern Western Australia and south-east Australia

Showers and thunderstorms likely to hit lower parts of the country over the May 25-26, 2024 weekend.

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00:00Hello, Sarah from the Bureau with your weekend weather update where I'll be focusing on

00:04the cold front that's crossing southern WA and also a continuation of those cold and frosty

00:10mornings for the southeast. But we'll start off taking a look at the current synoptic pattern

00:16and the important things to note is this cold front here approaching southern WA.

00:21Now we're forecasting showers and even the risk of thunderstorms to develop late tonight

00:26about coastal parts. While out in the east we have this high pressure system here extending

00:31a ridge into central and eastern parts and that's causing or bringing these really settled and dry

00:37conditions across the majority of the country. Apart from these showers about the Queensland

00:41coast in an onshore flow and also a few showers about the south and east coast of Gippsland.

00:48Now as we move into tomorrow to Saturday we see that cold front continuing to move

00:53eastwards. Now it's going to bring some showers to the far southwestern corner,

00:57however we're not expecting it to bring any significant rainfall totals with those showers

01:02mainly about the morning and the early afternoon. Otherwise those settled conditions will continue

01:08due to that high pressure ridge with just widespread fog and frosts about southeastern

01:14parts during the morning and a continuation of those showering conditions about the east coast

01:19of Queensland extending a little bit further inland due to a strengthening of the trade flow

01:24and even a possible few showers about northeastern New South Wales as well. On Sunday however the

01:31ridge will dominate with those settled and dry conditions across the majority of the country

01:36and just a few showers continuing about the east coast and it's these cold fronts that are

01:41approaching later on Sunday the southwest of WA and the west coast of Tasmania too.

01:47Temperature wise it's going to be a really cold start tomorrow morning for southeastern parts with

01:53single digits extending from Tasmania all the way up into central parts of the country and even

01:58southern Queensland as well. Significantly warmer out in the west forecasting a minimum of just 16

02:05degrees for Perth and those warm conditions continuing out in the west with above average

02:10temperatures during Saturday as well. As we move down into the southeastern corner however

02:16considerably colder we've got low to mid-teens down here and as we move further northwards

02:21a maximum of 20 degrees is forecast for Sydney and 23 degrees for Brisbane. Now on Sunday morning

02:28it's going to be even colder about the southeast with six degrees the minimum forecast for Melbourne

02:34and even cooler out in Perth too expecting 12 degrees there. Now the maximum temperatures

02:40however for Sunday will be fairly similar to Saturday looking at the mid-teens in the

02:45far southeast grading to the low to mid-20s the further north and the further west we go.

02:52So if you are wanting to know more about what's going on in your weather in your neck of the

02:57woods then you can visit the Bureau website app or social media otherwise have a great

03:02weekend and we'll see you again next time. Bye for now.