Thunderstorms continue across northern Australia, while patchy rain spreads across the south-east on Friday, November 13th. G'day from the bureau.

David here to take a look at the weather around the country for tomorrow. And we're going to have a look first at this trough system through South Australia.

That's going to bring patchy rain, some showers and a few thunderstorms to South Australia during Friday. Then you'll see that move into the south-eastern states later in the day.

There won't be much rain in that system for the most part, just a couple of millimetres here or there for most of the south-east.

There will be more rain, however, through central and western Queensland, where showers and storms continue, and through south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales as well.

Another thunderstorm outbreak is on the cards for those parts of the country. And, of course, the build-up showers and storms continue across the tropical north.

Quieter weather in the west, where this ridge of high pressure is really settling things down after what's been a pretty wet week for some parts of WA. Let's go around the grounds now.

Starting with Queensland, we can see Brisbane going for a top of 30 °C. Quite warm temperatures still up the east coast and particularly in the far north, where Heatwave Warnings continue.

We'll see wet weather connected to this trough system through parts of central and western Queensland. Some areas could see 20 to 40 mm, perhaps, and we'll see more showers and thunderstorms through the inland parts, particularly of south-east Queensland, with Severe Thunderstorms possible yet again. We're in the middle of a lengthy severe thunderstorm period.

It is peak storm season, and showers and thunderstorms are developing each afternoon. And that'll be the case again on Friday.

Moving into New South Wales and the ACT, we will see more of those afternoon showers and storms pop up a little later through the northern ranges of New South Wales in particular, where again, Severe Thunderstorms are possible.

Wet weather’s possible pretty much anywhere across the state. Those areas will be the wettest along the northern ranges.

But then we'll see these bands of patchy rain and showers extending from western New South Wales through to the south coast and around Sydney later in the day.

So Sydney going for a shower or two and a top of 26 °C. Most of that weather will be towards the end of the day. Similarly for Canberra, there will be plenty of breaks of sun.

There could be a little bit of rain around in the morning, but for the most part it'll be later in the day towards the evening, after a top of 29 °C.

Moving down to Victoria, we'll see more of that patchy rain and some showers move through pretty much the whole state over the course of Friday.

We'll see it come in from South Australia during the daytime and progress through to Melbourne also in the afternoon and the evening, with a top of 20 °C in Melbourne.

So pretty mild conditions through southern Victoria, with that cloud cover and also southerly winds keeping a lid on temperatures.

Warmer again in the north, with temperatures nudging 30 °C along the major towns along the Murray.

Moving down to Tasmania. Warm temperatures are the order of the day here, with temperatures generally around 20 °C and getting up as high as 25 °C, so warmer in those inland valleys in northern Tasmania.

There'll be plenty of cloud cover around, though, particularly for the east coast and Hobart.

There'll be high clouds coming in from the north-west and also some cloud bumping up against the ranges in southern Tasmania.

So Hobart, a top of 20 °C, just a possible shower, but a mostly dry day for Hobart, at least until the late evening.

Moving to South Australia. We'll see those bands of patchy rain and showers extending through central and eastern districts during the morning and then gradually contracting east into the eastern states later in the day.

So a couple of showers around in Adelaide, with a top of 25 °C.

And then we'll see a few convective showers and storms develop through the afternoon through central and western parts, the Eyre Peninsula and up into the Mid North and Flinders as well.

For Western Australia, as I said, a much quieter day than what we've seen so far this week.

So a ridge of high pressure coming in through the south coast, keeping things pretty settled.

There'll be some cloud cover and the odd patchy shower around the south coast, but away from that, further inland it'll be warm and sunny.

So Perth going for a top of 28 °C and towns inland getting up around 30 °C.

And in the Northern Territory and the Top End, lastly, another day of build-up showers and storms, a little more suppressed compared to some previous days, but there's still the risk of some of those showers and storms bringing a couple of little pockets of heavy rain.

As is the case every day, now that we're well into the build-up season.

There'll be severe storms possible around Alice Springs and then areas east and north of Alice as well. So damaging winds and large hail are a risk for Alice Springs and surrounds.

Darwin, a shower or two and a possible storm, with a top of 36 °C.

And that's all we've got for you for today. Have a great afternoon, enjoy your day and we'll see you next time.

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National weather forecast: Storms in the east, rain in the south-east

12 November 2026

Video current: 2:00 pm AEDT Thursday 12/11/26.

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