Issued: 16 April 2025
The Easter long weekend is expected to start off with warm weather across most of Australia but throughout the 4-days, a cold front is likely to cross the south.
The cold front will be moving across southern Western Australia on Friday, before reaching the south-east from Sunday, leading to lower than average temperatures across the southern states.
Senior Meteorologist Angus Hines said while conditions could still change, early forecasts allow Australians to start planning their Easter weekend.
"There will be a distinct change in the weather for the southern states during the long weekend as hot, dry and sunny weather shifts to cool, cloudy conditions with patchy showers and the outside chance of thunderstorms," Mr. Hines said.
"Southern Western Australia will already be feeling the cooler winds by Friday, but for South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, it's likely to be Sunday when the weather shifts, while New South Wales and ACT hold onto the sunny and hot conditions until Monday."
"Rainfall from this passing weather system will be quite patchy during Easter, and on the whole, the rainfall totals will be low."
A deep low pressure system in the Tasman Sea will also generate large and powerful surf and swell across the New South Wales coast and offshore islands, including Norfolk and Lord Howe Island.
"This low pressure system is very powerful, although it's a long way offshore. This low will not impact our weather directly but will generate some very large, powerful waves for eastern Australia," Mr. Hines said.
"These waves will build on Thursday and stay high until Saturday. Coastal hazard and hazardous surf warnings are likely to be issued. Given the fine and hot forecast for the east coast during Friday and Saturday, the community needs to be aware of the dangerous coastal conditions."
In the west, heavy rain is possible for the northern Western Australia coast if the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Errol move onshore.
"From Thursday, Tropical Cyclone Errol could steer south-eastwards back towards the coast. While it is forecast to weaken, while doing so, it may bring impacts such as heavy rain, thunderstorms and damaging wind to parts of the Kimberley and Eastern Pilbara over the weekend."
The Easter weekend will be warm across most of the Northern Territory, with some cooler than average conditions pushing into the far south from Easter Sunday.
"While the Top End will be mostly dry through Easter, patchy rain is possible through parts of the western districts as moisture pushes in from the Kimberley."
While a sunny and dry Easter is expected across Queensland, widespread major flooding continues for south-west Queensland, north-east South Australia and northern New South Wales.
"Significant flooding is likely to continue for weeks to come, as floodwaters move slowly downstream."
Keep up to date with the latest weather warnings and forecasts over the Easter long weekend on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au or via the BOM weather app.
If you are travelling these school holidays, be sure to enable notifications for your chosen locations in the BOM Weather app.
To hear a state and territory breakdown audio news release with Bureau Senior Meteorologist Angus Hines, click here.
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