The Airport Weather Briefing (AWB) is a plain language description of the TAF.
The AWB:
- contains a summary of the TAF
- gives a more detailed description of the possible hazards (including thunderstorms, fog, and other visibility reductions), and the corresponding probabilities
- considers only the weather hazards within the terminal airspace (TMA).
AWBs are provided for:
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Darwin (wet season only)
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Sydney.
AWB are issued within 30 minutes of the routine 06Z and 18Z issue TAF but are not amended or updated once issued. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDS40588 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology South Australia ADELAIDE AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0330 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] ADELAIDE TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF AMD YPAD 241728Z 2418/2600 03005KT 9999 -RA NSC FM250300 34012KT 9999 -RA BKN040 FM250600 01012KT 9999 -RA SCT015 BKN030 FM251200 36010KT 9999 -RA SCT012 FM251800 29008KT 9999 -SHRA SCT008 BKN012 BECMG 2521/2523 29008KT 9999 -SHRA BKN025 INTER 2418/2420 6000 RA NSC TEMPO 2512/2518 3000 RA SCT008 BKN012 TEMPO 2518/2521 9999 BKN008 PROB30 INTER 2500/2505 VRB20G30KT 3000 TSRA FEW030 FEW090CB PROB30 TEMPO 2505/2516 VRB20G30KT 2000 TSRA BKN010 SCT090CB RMK T 17 18 21 24 Q 1012 1010 1010 1008 TAF SUMMARY: A complex low pressure system approaching from the Bight will bring rain, thunderstorms and low cloud to Adelaide. High based rainfall with the potential for light visibility reductions during the early hours of Saturday morning with of thunderstorms from a couple hours after sunrise on Saturday until early Sunday morning with low cloud and light showers are expected fter the rain and thunderstorms clear. NE'ly katabatic winds during the early hours of Saturday morning will tend N'ly during Saturday afternoon before shifting W'ly during th early hours of Sunday morning. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 36NM RADIUS): 24 2100Z - 25 0000Z: 30% chance of thunderstorms developing in the southern TMA, 10% chance at the airport. 25 0000Z - 25 0600Z: 30% chance of high based thunderstorms at the airport as the storms move northwards over the TMA. 25 0600Z - 25 1200Z: 30% chance of prolonged thunderstorms at the airport with the passage of a trough/occluded front. 25 0700Z - 25 1500Z: 10% chance of hail in thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: 24 2000Z - 25 1200Z: 40% chance of light visibility reductions from high based rain. 25 0000Z - 25 1200Z: There is poor model agreement on position of the low pressure system over the Bight on Saturday morning. This has added uncertainty to the timing of the thunderstorms and associated low cloud. INTER for thunderstorms may be delayed till 25 0300Z. TEMPO may start as early as 25 0500Z or delayed till 25 0800Z. 25 0800Z - 25 1200Z: 20% chance low cloud in rain before the TEMPO begins. ADELAIDE OUTLOOK: Sunday: Showers. City MAX: 21 Monday: Cloudy. City MAX: 20 Tuesday: Partly cloudy. City MAX: 21 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDQ43999 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland BRISBANE AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0300 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] BRISBANE TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF AMD YBBN 241700Z 2418/2600 20008KT 9999 SCT010 FM250000 11013KT 9999 -SHRA FEW012 BKN020 FM250600 06010KT 9999 NSW FEW012 BKN020 FM251200 35008KT 9999 -SHRA SCT010 BKN020 TEMPO 2418/2500 3000 SHRA BKN008 INTER 2500/2504 4000 SHRA BKN012 TEMPO 2512/2518 4000 SHRA BKN008 RMK T 21 23 26 25 Q 1012 1015 1015 1014 TAF SUMMARY: A light S'ly change moved through early this morning. Moderate ESE winds from late this morning tending NE'ly late afternoon. Showers are beginning ot develop offfshore behind the change but are yet to affect the airport. A burst of showers is likely at some stage this morning although latest forecast models suggest less than the preceding ones, with a break in the afternoon ahead of potentially more showers and low cloud this evening. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 30NM RADIUS): 2505/2509Z - 20% chance in the western TMA. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: 30% chance of alternate low cloud below HAM after 2418Z-2421z, 10% chane below SAM. Shower activity will vary depending on where the trough whih brought the change sits offshore - TEMPO/INTER will likley be fine tuned so watch for further amends through the forecast period. BRISBANE OUTLOOK: Sunday: Showers. Storm developing. City MAX: 33 Monday: Partly cloudy. City MAX: 37 Tuesday: Showers. City MAX: 25 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDD40330 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Northern Territory DARWIN AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0230 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] DARWIN TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF YPDN 241717Z 2418/2600 31005KT 9999 SCT020 FM250000 34008KT 9999 FEW030 FM250200 34014KT CAVOK FM250900 28007KT CAVOK FM251500 31006KT 9999 SCT020 FM251800 12006KT 9999 SCT020 RMK T 27 26 31 33 Q 1008 1009 1012 1010 TAF SUMMARY: A high in the Bight is advecting dry air over much of the Top End with a weak pressure gradient in place. Light NNW'ly winds in the morning tending moderate in the afternoon before weaking in the evening and turning to a SE'ly land breeze. Chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm on the seabreeze front. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 40NM RADIUS): 2502/2509Z - 30% chance within the TMA most likely along the south-western coast, 10% chance at the aerodrome, 2509/2512Z - 20% chance within the TMA most likely along the south-western coast. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: 2503/2509Z - 30% chance of INTER SHRA with visibility and cloud base below HAM. DARWIN OUTLOOK: Sunday: Partly cloudy. City MAX: 35 Monday: Mostly sunny. City MAX: 35 Tuesday: Partly cloudy. City MAX: 35 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDV42903 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Victoria MELBOURNE AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0400 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] MELBOURNE TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF YMML 241701Z 2418/2600 01008KT CAVOK BECMG 2421/2423 11008KT CAVOK FM250400 17010KT CAVOK FM250600 17010KT 9999 -RA NSC BECMG 2511/2512 01008KT 9999 -RA FEW006 FM251800 01012KT 9999 -RA FEW030 PROB30 INTER 2521/2600 VRB15G25KT 2000 TSRA SCT030 SCT070CB RMK T 06 10 16 20 Q 1016 1017 1016 1014 TAF SUMMARY: A ridge of high pressure currently over Bass Strait will move southeast today as a low over the Bight extends a complex trough over South Australia, expected to move over Victoria on Sunday. Northerly katabatic winds at first will tend easterly this morning then south to southeasterly early afternoon as the ridge moves away, with winds to then resume northerly tonight as the low becomes dominant. Cloud remaining above 5,000ft is expected to bring light rain from this afternoon, with the 30% chance of thunderstorms from tomorrow morning. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 30NM RADIUS): - 50% of high based thunderstorms within the TMA from 251200Z, with a 10% chance at the aerodrome, increasing to a near certainty within the TMA from 252100Z, and 30% at the aerodrome. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: 251500Z to 251900Z: 20% chance of moderate turbulence. 251200Z to 251800Z: 5-10% chance of fog/cloud below SAM as the southeasterly tends northeasterly. 252100Z to 260000Z: 20% chance of visibiility reductions below HAM due to rain in the absence of a thunderstorm. MELBOURNE OUTLOOK: Sunday: Rain. Storm developing. City MAX: 21 Monday: Shower or two. City MAX: 15 Tuesday: Sunny. City MAX: 19 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDW40100 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Western Australia PERTH AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0100 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] PERTH TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF AMD YPPH 241712Z 2418/2600 21012KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020 BKN035 FM250200 23014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT040 FM250600 23014KT 9999 NSW FEW040 FM251600 16006KT 9999 FEW025 FM252100 10006KT 9999 SCT040 INTER 2422/2503 4000 SHRA SCT015 RMK T 11 10 16 19 Q 1010 1011 1013 1014 TAF SUMMARY: As a low pressure system complex moves to the east, SW'lies and showers stream over the aerodrome. Cloud improves by mid-morning with showers clearing in the afternoon on Saturday. As a high pressure ridge builds overnight into Sunday, winds tend E'ly. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 36NM RADIUS): - Nil. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: - 2418/2500Z: Chance of a NE'ly katabatic. - 2418/2423Z: 10% chance of fog at the aerodrome, 20% chance in the eastern TMA. - 2421/2503Z: Slight chance of broken low cloud in showers, more likely in the southern TMA. - 2503/2506Z: Slight chance of INTER being extended for visibility below HAM in light stream showers from the SW. PERTH OUTLOOK: Sunday: Partly cloudy. City MAX: 22 Monday: Sunny. City MAX: 26 Tuesday: Sunny. City MAX: 29 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
IDN42903 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales SYDNEY AIRPORT WEATHER BRIEFING Issued at 1700Z on the 24/10/2025 [0400 on the 25/10/2025 LOCAL] SYDNEY TAF: (this TAF may not be the latest issue) TAF YSSY 241702Z 2418/2600 30005KT 9999 BKN035 FM242100 34008KT 9999 FEW030 FM250200 03018KT CAVOK FM250900 33008KT CAVOK RMK T 16 17 21 24 Q 1017 1017 1016 1013 TAF SUMMARY: A ridge lies over the area this morning with a shallow trough down the southern NSW coastline. Light to moderate NW'ly katabatics are expected this morning before a fresh NE'ly sea breeze develops early afternoon. Winds are expected to ease and swing around to the NNW early evening before the katabatic develops again during Saturday night. The surface trough to the south develops a shallow low centre from late Saturday evening with a trough axis extending NW over the Sydney Basin. The trough is weak so the katabatic is expected to be the dominant wind regime, however it does bring some risk that the winds may shift to the SW overnight. There is a very slight chance of low cloud associated with the trough as well. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TMA (CIRCLE TO 45NM RADIUS): 2521-2600Z: 10% chance within the TMA. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: - 10% chance of INTER periods of showers with visibility reductions to 5000M and broken low cloud at 1500FT overnight, till 2422Z. - 20% chance of brief wind gusts up to 28KTs between 2502-2508Z. - 40% chance winds tend light SW'ly, or fluctuate NW to SW, or are variable between 2514-2522Z. - 20% chance of TEMPO broken low stratus base somewhere between 0500-1000ft between 2516-2521Z. 10% chance of alternate. - 10% chance of a wet runway from 2515Z. Elevated virga is the most likely scenario. SYDNEY OUTLOOK: Sunday: Possible shower. City MAX: 28 Monday: Shower or two. Becoming windy. City MAX: 27 Tuesday: Shower or two. City MAX: 19 REGARDS: Aviation Forecaster Notes: 1. This briefing is not amended between routine issues. For operational planning, reference should be made to the latest TAF.
