A cloud band and cold front will move from the west coast of Australia to the east this weekend, bringing some wet and windy weather for multiple states. Let's take a look at the details now. We'll start by looking at our water vapor satellite imagery. Our water vapor satellite imagery shows us where moisture is moving in the atmosphere. And on this map today, our eyes are drawn to the south-west, where this band of green is moving towards south-west Western Australia. The green colors show us higher moisture levels streaming in ahead of a cold front. It's this system which is going to move across the country in the coming days.
Today we're expecting to see that cold front approaching the south-west coast. Cloud will really build through western and southern parts of Western Australia ahead of this system, with a few isolated showers as well. But most of the wet weather will come when the cold front crosses the coast as we go into Saturday. That's when we're likely to see rain areas and showers becoming more extensive across much of western and southern Western Australia. The cold front will continue to move east through the weekend. Late Saturday into Sunday we're going to see this cold front crossing the Great Australian Bight and pushing towards the south-east. Now rain will continue through parts of Western Australia, but it will also start to build. First through Tasmania and then across parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales as the system moves through. It'll clear out Monday into Tuesday with drier weather for the south-east, although we may still see some showers continuing further west.
And rainfall really is one of the first watch points for this weekend. Our day by day rainfall totals are not expected to be terribly high, but our accumulations over the coming days may be significant for some. Looking at our rainfall totals from midnight last night out to midday on Tuesday. We can see a focus on the South West and in the far south-east. Taking a look at the south-west first of all, in Western Australia. A number of areas that could see moderate accumulations include southern parts of the Gascoyne, the Goldfields, Wheat Belt and Eucla districts, as well as parts of the south-west coast. Some areas could see as much as 50 mm, accumulating over the course of the weekend.
Further east, we're really looking at fairly low to locally moderate rainfall accumulations. The exception will be Tasmania, where moderate to high accumulations are possible in the north and west. And this is coming on top of what's already been quite a wet week for Tasmania.
Our next weather hazard to be aware of is the risk of strong to damaging winds across the south-east through the later part of the weekend. I'm looking at winds above the surface here to get a picture of where those strongest winds moving in the atmosphere. We're likely to see those strong winds reaching Tasmania first from Sunday morning or so, later extending to parts of Victoria and New South Wales as the cold front moves through. Now the winds will ease as the front moves off into the Tasman Sea Monday into Tuesday. But still over the weekend we could see severe weather warnings for damaging winds issued for parts of Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Those winds are most likely from Sunday, so we could see the warnings as early as tomorrow, Saturday.
Our next key hazard is going to be the fire dangers across the south-east. Now it's going to be quite a warm weekend for the south-eastern states and where those warm, dry conditions combined with the strong winds, we will see high fire dangers emerging. Now this is significant because we're just starting to move into the fire weather season for south-eastern Australia. These high fire dangers could impact parts of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, and it's definitely a hazard to build into your plans through the weekend, particularly if those plans are for outdoor activities.
So just to recap our key Weather watch points for this weekend. First of all, the rainfall accumulations through parts of southern and western Western Australia and for parts of western Tasmania. Secondly, the strong to damaging winds developing across the south-eastern states from around Sunday or so. Thirdly, the heat and fire dangers that we're likely to see across south eastern Australia over the weekend.
Now, as always, you can find the detailed forecasts and warnings for your area via the Bureau's website, the BOM Weather app and via our social media. Have a good weekend and we'll catch you next time.
Today we're expecting to see that cold front approaching the south-west coast. Cloud will really build through western and southern parts of Western Australia ahead of this system, with a few isolated showers as well. But most of the wet weather will come when the cold front crosses the coast as we go into Saturday. That's when we're likely to see rain areas and showers becoming more extensive across much of western and southern Western Australia. The cold front will continue to move east through the weekend. Late Saturday into Sunday we're going to see this cold front crossing the Great Australian Bight and pushing towards the south-east. Now rain will continue through parts of Western Australia, but it will also start to build. First through Tasmania and then across parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales as the system moves through. It'll clear out Monday into Tuesday with drier weather for the south-east, although we may still see some showers continuing further west.
And rainfall really is one of the first watch points for this weekend. Our day by day rainfall totals are not expected to be terribly high, but our accumulations over the coming days may be significant for some. Looking at our rainfall totals from midnight last night out to midday on Tuesday. We can see a focus on the South West and in the far south-east. Taking a look at the south-west first of all, in Western Australia. A number of areas that could see moderate accumulations include southern parts of the Gascoyne, the Goldfields, Wheat Belt and Eucla districts, as well as parts of the south-west coast. Some areas could see as much as 50 mm, accumulating over the course of the weekend.
Further east, we're really looking at fairly low to locally moderate rainfall accumulations. The exception will be Tasmania, where moderate to high accumulations are possible in the north and west. And this is coming on top of what's already been quite a wet week for Tasmania.
Our next weather hazard to be aware of is the risk of strong to damaging winds across the south-east through the later part of the weekend. I'm looking at winds above the surface here to get a picture of where those strongest winds moving in the atmosphere. We're likely to see those strong winds reaching Tasmania first from Sunday morning or so, later extending to parts of Victoria and New South Wales as the cold front moves through. Now the winds will ease as the front moves off into the Tasman Sea Monday into Tuesday. But still over the weekend we could see severe weather warnings for damaging winds issued for parts of Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Those winds are most likely from Sunday, so we could see the warnings as early as tomorrow, Saturday.
Our next key hazard is going to be the fire dangers across the south-east. Now it's going to be quite a warm weekend for the south-eastern states and where those warm, dry conditions combined with the strong winds, we will see high fire dangers emerging. Now this is significant because we're just starting to move into the fire weather season for south-eastern Australia. These high fire dangers could impact parts of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, and it's definitely a hazard to build into your plans through the weekend, particularly if those plans are for outdoor activities.
So just to recap our key Weather watch points for this weekend. First of all, the rainfall accumulations through parts of southern and western Western Australia and for parts of western Tasmania. Secondly, the strong to damaging winds developing across the south-eastern states from around Sunday or so. Thirdly, the heat and fire dangers that we're likely to see across south eastern Australia over the weekend.
Now, as always, you can find the detailed forecasts and warnings for your area via the Bureau's website, the BOM Weather app and via our social media. Have a good weekend and we'll catch you next time.
Weather update: Heat, rain and wind for much of Australia this weekend
03 October 2025
Video current: 12:00 pm AEST Friday 03/10/25.