Blustery Coastal Winds and Showers PLUS a Low on the way to South Australia

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Thursday April 30, 2026 — Daily Forecast Australia

Today's weather is being shaped by two key systems — a large high pressure system transiting across the Tasman Sea and tracking east over New Zealand, and a developing low pressure system sitting offshore to the south of Western Australia. That high is maintaining a steady easterly fetch along the east coast, keeping conditions blustery along exposed coastal stretches, while the developing low to the west is beginning to draw moisture into southern parts of the country and spark showers and isolated storms.
The main rainfall focus today is offshore, where a cluster of organised showers and thunderstorms sits over the Coral Sea. Some of that activity may brush the coast between central Queensland and northern New South Wales, bringing occasional light showers to Brisbane, Coffs Harbour and surrounding coastal areas — but the more active storms are expected to remain offshore. In the west, patchy showers and scattered thunderstorms continue through the Goldfields and Esperance region, extending east toward the Nullarbor and western Eyre Peninsula.

Winds are one of the more notable features today. Queensland's coastal stretch continues to see gusts exceeding 60 km/h, with strong onshore winds from the tropical coast through Mackay, Capricornia and into the southeast. Strong winds are also affecting Bunbury, Albany and Esperance, and the Eyre Peninsula is picking up as that developing pressure difference tightens. Tasmania has coastal wind warnings current for the Far North West, South West and Central West coasts.

Looking ahead into the weekend, that developing low to the south of Western Australia edges closer to the coast as it tracks eastward, with a more active pressure pattern beginning to influence the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges, and outback South Australia.

Over the three-day outlook, the heaviest accumulations are focused across tropical Queensland, with Mackay, Innisfail and Cape Tribulation expected to pick up the highest totals. Coffs Harbour, Lismore and the Sunshine Coast continue to see persistent coastal falls, while light accumulations spread into the Eyre Peninsula, outback New South Wales and northwest Victoria.
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00:00 Intro
00:28 Synoptic Chart
02:34 Rain & Thunderstorm Activity
04:17 Temperatures
07:35 Wind & Gust Predictions
09:34 Cloud and Satellite Imagery
11:35 Rain Accumulation
13:29 Wrap Up

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