Thursday Clear. Winds E/SE 15 to 25 km/h.
Friday Sunny. Light winds becoming SE 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day.
Saturday Hot and sunny. Winds E/NE 15 to 20 km/h turning SE 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming E/SE and light in the late evening.
Sunday Hot and sunny. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.
Monday Hot and sunny. Light winds becoming W/NW 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then tending SE/SW 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon.
Northwest Weather Forecasts
||Forecast||Min||Max||Chance of rain||Rain amount||Frost risk||9am||3pm|
||23||39||5%||< 1mm||Nil||E 9||52||SE 21||18|
||24||40||5%||< 1mm||Nil||NNE 13||32||SE 27||11|
||22||40||5%||< 1mm||Nil||E 10||40||SE 25||14|
||24||40||5%||< 1mm||Nil||NE 11||32||SE 28||12|
Backyards in Queanbeyan and parts of Canberra have been covered with "golf-ball sized" hailstones and the roof of a supermarket has partially collapsed after a storm hit the region.
A western Queensland church has raised more than $90,000 for a scheme to keep rural contractors in work during the ongoing drought.
Much of southeastern Australia is experiencing its sunniest week since spring and skies have been staying clear at night, effectively giving planet gazers a fine-tuned view of a rare feature.