And also a quick look at Sunday as well. Starting off for the national picture. And we can see a cold front sweeping across the south-east of the country.
This is bringing a return to wintry weather with showers, cold, brisk winds, hail, even snow down to low levels.
The cold front races up the east coast during the afternoon, possibly also bringing gusty thunderstorms, and showers and thunderstorms also redevelop across central and south-eastern parts of Queensland.
And so with that mix of potentially hazardous weather through south-east and eastern Australia, we do have a dedicated severe weather update video if you are within that area.
Further north, we are still expecting to see those usual showers and thunderstorms across northern Queensland, the Top End and through WA. But through south-west Western Australia, a bit of a different story.
Sunny skies and warm temperatures with easterly winds pouring through. So now a state-by-state look, starting off with Queensland.
We'll see some patchy morning fog along the east coast that will lift to a sunny morning.
But then we do see showers and thunderstorms developing across south-east, central and northern parts of the state.
Thunderstorms could turn severe across parts of the Wide Bay and Capricornia regions.
Otherwise, it will be a hot day with heatwave conditions continuing across the far north of the state. Otherwise, for Brisbane, partly cloudy. Slight chance of shower or thunderstorm, a top of 31 °C. Up in Cairns, partly cloudy. Going for a top of 33.
Down to New South Wales. It will be a warm and sunny start, but then that cold front will sweep through from the south, bringing quite a sharp contrast in temperatures as well as conditions, so showers and thunderstorms move up the New South Wales coast, into Sydney by the mid-afternoon, with the Hunter and Mid North Coast towards the evening.
We'll be hot ahead of that, though, with Extreme Fire Danger for the Hunter region.
And behind that cool change, cold south-westerly winds making their way up towards the north of the state.
We could also see snow down to fairly low levels, snow level falling to around 800 to 900 m throughout the evening, and we may even see some light flurries across the Blue Mountains later in the day.
For Sydney, a warm, sunny start. Then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon with a strong cold change, 29 °C and showers also increasing for Canberra with a maximum of 21 °C.
Down to Victoria that cold front sweeps through and we will see showers, hail and snow down to the low levels, as low as 800 to 900 m.
But for many people it will be about that icy wind chill with cold south-westerly winds moving up. Showers will mostly be on and south of the divide.
So we'll be mostly dry across the north-west of the state, but otherwise temperatures well below average for this time of year. For Melbourne, showers possible. Small hail. Top of 15 °C.
Mildura, partly cloudy, slight chance of a shower with a maximum of 22 °C.
Then down to Tasmania, it will be a cold day through there.
Snow level falls to around 400 m in the south of the state. And we do have a bushwalkers weather alert current.
Showers mostly in the west to start with, though extends to all districts through the day, and it will be very cold as well.
Hobart just 14 °C with showers and just reaching the mid-teens across the north. Showers gradually clear up as you head in towards Saturday evening.
To South Australia we'll see a few isolated showers across the south-east and the south of the state behind that cold front, and a few showers and thunderstorms also developing across the far west and north-west of the state.
But in the south we will see those cold winds. And so temperatures really only reaching the high teens to low 20s. But a different story in the north of the state, reaching the mid to high 30s.
So very warm through there, and quite a contrast in conditions right across South Australia. For Adelaide, partly cloudy, 20 °C and reaching 35 °C for you up in Moomba.
Now to Western Australia we'll see a couple of showers across the south coast and thunderstorms developing across inland areas, possibly gusty winds with those thunderstorms across the interior from the afternoon.
But further towards the west coast we'll see warm easterly winds, temperatures really starting to rise.
Sunny in Perth, a top of 28 °C and quite unsettled across the Gascoyne and Pilbara with those afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
Finally, northern Australia. We'll see typical showers and thunderstorms but heatwave conditions continuing right across the board.
Temperatures reaching the high 30s to low 40s for many areas, and just a few scattered thunderstorms expected across western parts of the Top End.
Including for Darwin, with a maximum of 34 °C and hot, and just a few isolated showers across south-western parts of the Northern Territory later in the day.
And now having a look at Sunday, we see that cold front clearing out to the Tasman Sea, but still very gusty winds moving up the New South Wales coast, as well as showers and large waves.
Clearing further south though with a high-pressure system building over Tasmania, and temperatures will start to rise across the south-eastern capitals.
A little bit of a cool change coming from Perth. There are a few showers and temperatures dropping back to 24 °C, but otherwise the heatwave continues across the north with isolated to scattered thunderstorms.
That's your forecast for this weekend. Check the latest forecast over the next few days on our website and app.
