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Weekend cold front to sweep across southern Australia

Source Weatherzone Fri 11 Jul 2025

A cold front will bring a wintry mix of wind and showers across several states in southern Australia this weekend, along with a bout of fresh snow in the Alps. The satellite images below show the cold front approaching Australia from the west on Friday, with a large filed of speckled cloud revealing a pool of cold air in the wake of the front. Image: Visible satellite images showing a cold front approaching southwestern Australia on Friday, July 11, 2025. Showers and wind will increase over the southwest of WA on Friday night before the front sweeps across the state’s South West Land Division on Saturday. The map below shows how much rain is expected to fall across Friday and Saturday combined. Perth is in the region that could see about 5 to 15 mm of rain by Saturday night, with heavier falls expected further south. It will also be windy on Friday night and Saturday morning as the front approaches and sweeps through, although this won’t be a strong front by southwest Australian standards. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the 48 hours ending at 8pm AWST on Saturday, July 12. The cold front will march across the Bight on Saturday night into Sunday morning, before crossing southeastern Australia on Sunday afternoon and night. While not a strong cold front, this system will still bring a burst of wind and rain to parts of SA, Tas, Vic, southern NSW and the ACT on Sunday. Elevated areas of southeastern Australia will get particularly windy and could see severe weather warnings being issued for damaging winds. Image: Forecast wind gusts on Sunday afternoon. Showers will mainly occur in the afternoon and evening on Sunday, with a good chance of some wet weather in Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart and possibly Canberra too. Once the cold air and moisture associated with this system reach the Australian Alps, we should see about 5 to 10 cm of fresh snow falling between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Be sure to check the latest forecasts and severe weather warnings in southern Australia this weekend. - Weatherzone © Weatherzone 2025