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Australia set to shiver through 'polar plunge' this weekend

Josh Dutton
·News Reporter
·4-min read

If you’ve completely packed away your winter clothes you might need to rethink your wardrobe with Australia’s southeast in for a “polar plunge”.

The Bureau of Meteorology on Thursday said a “complex low” will bring wet, windy and cold weather to southeast South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and NSW from late Thursday through Sunday.

Temperatures “are likely” to be 4-10 degrees below average, the bureau said.

Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino told Yahoo News Australia on Wednesday a “procession of fronts” could bring Adelaide and Melbourne’s coldest maximum temperatures for this late in spring, for the first time in more than a decade.

Sydney weather forecast

Sydney’s temperatures will be about two degrees below average for this time in September.

Mr Domensino said NSW will largely be unaffected by the cold conditions though with temperatures not too unusual for this time of the year.

A man sunbakes at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
A man enjoys warm conditions on Sydney's Bondi Beach. Source: AAP

Friday afternoon and or evening could be wet too with up to 2mm of rain forecast.

The bureau has also issued a weather warning for damaging winds with gusts of up to 120km/h from Thursday night through to Friday morning for alpine areas in the state’s southwest in Perisher Valley, Charlotte Pass and Thredbo.

  • Friday: 11-24, shower or two, windy, 0-2mm

  • Saturday: 8-20, mostly sunny

  • Sunday: 9-19, mostly sunny

Canberra weather forecast

Cloudy conditions await residents in Canberra across the weekend following a Friday of showers.

Residents can expect 5-15mm on Friday with the chance of a late thunderstorm in the afternoon and or evening.

Saturday will remain overcast before it clears on Sunday.

Mount Ginini, southwest of Canberra, is forecast to receive snow on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That follows snowfall on Thursday too.

Temperatures in the area could plummet to as low as -4 on Sunday.

  • Friday: 2-11, showers, 5-15mm

  • Saturday: 1-12, cloudy

  • Sunday: 0-15, partly cloudy

Melbourne weather forecast

Friday in Melbourne could be the city’s coldest day this late into spring in possibly 20 years with a high of just 12.

Pedestrians are seen in the rain on Southbank in Melbourne.
A Melbourne resident braves the wet weather in Southbank. Source: AAP

Unfortunately, for those who don’t like the rain, showers are forecast across the weekend with 8-20mm on Friday the heaviest rainfall.

The showers will ease on Saturday and Sunday though.

  • Friday: 8-12, showers, 8-20mm

  • Saturday: 7-13, showers easing, 2-5mm

  • Sunday: 7-14, shower or two, 0-1mm

Adelaide weather forecast

Adelaide could have its coldest day in this part of spring since 1997 on Friday with a top of 13.

Showers are forecast on Friday with the chance of late thunderstorms and the possibility of hail.

The conditions will ease on Saturday and Sunday though as the temperature slightly rises.

  • Friday: 7-13, showers, 2-8mm

  • Saturday: 8-15, cloudy, 0-0.4mm

  • Sunday: 7-18, partly cloudy

Brisbane weather forecast

Queenslanders can once again brag about their weather with conditions mostly sunny across the weekend in Brisbane.

Friday could reach a toasty 30 before it slightly cools to the mid-20s across the weekend.

Expect similar conditions across the coast.

  • Friday: 14-30, mostly sunny

  • Saturday: 15-26, sunny

  • Sunday: 11-25, sunny

Tasmania weather forecast

Hobart is in for rainfall bringing possible hail on Saturday morning with temperatures hitting a top of 13.

That rain will ease Sunday with some showers forecast for the city’s south.

Launceston has the chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon and or evening on Friday before the rain clears on Saturday.

  • Friday: 5-12, showers, 2-8mm

  • Saturday: 6-13, shower or two, 2-3mm

  • Sunday: 4-14, cloudy

Perth weather forecast

Friday morning in Perth could be a stormy one with thunderstorms possible with some showers.

Light rain is forecast across Saturday and Sunday with temperatures hitting the top 20s.

Members of the public are seen walking near Leighton Beach in Perth.
Perth residents walk past Leighton Beach following a storm earlier this year. Source: AAP

  • Friday: 13-24, possible early storm, shower or two, 0-2mm

  • Saturday: 12-21, showers, 3-6mm

  • Sunday: 11-21, shower or two, 0-1mm

Darwin weather forecast

Storms could hit Darwin on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with some rain.

Conditions should remain clear, if not partly cloudy, in Alice Springs across the weekend though with slightly cooler temperatures topping about 27.

  • Friday: 25-33, shower or two, possible storm, 1-8mm

  • Saturday: 25-33, shower or two, possible storm, 1-5mm

  • Sunday: 24-34, possible shower or storm, 0-1mm

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