Thousands of NRL fans headed to Sydney this long weekend for the highly-anticipated grand final can look forward to sunny skies and pleasant weather.
Conditions around Australia are looking mostly clear this weekend, aside from some showers in the southeast on Saturday, with the east coast clear for the match between the Storm and Panthers on Sunday night.
Crowds of up to 80,000 people are expected to flock to the Accor Stadium at Sydneys Olympic Park, where temperatures are expected to reach a high of 28C.
Millions more Australians are looking forward to enjoying a long weekend.
The ACT, New South Wales and South Australia will get a public holiday on Monday for Labour Day, while Queensland will enjoy one for the Kings Birthday.
Meteorologist Angus Hines, from the Bureau of Meteorology, said parts of southern Australia could see light showers over the weekend.
For Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney, Sydney, Saturday is more just like the chance of a few quick showers, with large proportions of your day bringing fine weather, he said.
Mostly clear conditions are expected for the ACT, NSW, South Australia and Queensland over the upcoming long weekend (pictured, a woman jogs in Sydney)
Sydney
Saturday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the outer west in the morning. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending westerly in the middle of the day. Min 16. Max 27.
Sunday: Sunny. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then tending westerly 20 to 30 km/h during the day. Min 15. Max 28.
Monday: Sunny. Light winds becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Min 15. Max 28.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Min 17. Max 21.
Melbourne
Saturday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Min 12. Max 19.
Sunday: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending westerly during the day then becoming light during the evening. Min 12. Max 19.
Monday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h turning west to southwesterly during the afternoon. Min 12. Max 20.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers during the morning. Winds southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning southerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Min 11. Max 15.
Meteorologist Angus Hines, from the Bureau of Meteorology, said parts of southern Australia could see light showers over the weekend (pictured, rain accumulation for Saturday)
Brisbane
Saturday: Sunny day. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northerly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning. Min 14. Max 30.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the evening. Min 18. Max 33.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Min 17. Max 31.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later in the day. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min 18. Max 31.
Perth
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon. Light winds. Min 13. Max 22.
Sunday: Cloudy. The chance of morning fog about the hills. Slight chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Min 12. Max 23.
Monday: Sunny. The chance of morning fog about the hills. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Min 11. Max 24.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min 12. Max 23.
Adelaide
Saturday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h turning westerly 25 to 40 km/h in the morning. Min 12. Max 19.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds westerly 25 to 35 km/h. Min 13. Max 20.
Monday: Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog about the northern suburbs. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Min 11. Max 21.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Min 9. Max 21.
Thousands of NRL fans headed to Sydney this long weekend for the highly-anticipated grand final can look forward to sunny skies and pleasant weather (pictured, Panthers players)
Hobart
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning. Light winds becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Min 11. Max 18.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and again at night. Winds northerly 15 to 20 km/h turning west to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Min 7. Max 17.
Monday: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then becoming southwesterly 20 to 25 km/h during the evening. Min 9. Max 16.
Tuesday: Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely during the morning. Winds southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h tending westerly 15 to 20 km/h later. Min 6. Max 14.
Canberra
Saturday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending westerly 25 to 35 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Min 10. Max 21.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending westerly 25 to 40 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Min 7. Max 20.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then tending westerly 25 to 40 km/h during the afternoon. Min 6. Max 22.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h shifting east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min 7. Max 20.
Conditions around Australia are looking mostly clear this weekend, aside from some showers in the southeast on Saturday, with the east coast clear on Sunday night (Sydney is pictured)
Darwin
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm about the Cox Peninsula. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then tending north to northeasterly in the early afternoon. Min 25. Max 35.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon. Min 25. Max 35.
Monday: Sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day then tending northwest to northeasterly during the afternoon. Min 25. Max 36.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Min 25. Max 36.