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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW THU FRI SAT SUN

MinMax

Adelaide

11°C

14°C

Alice Springs

10°C

22°C

Brisbane

15°C

25°C

Broome

19°C

27°C

Cairns

20°C

26°C

Canberra

8°C

12°C

Darwin

23°C

30°C

Hobart

8°C

14°C

Melbourne

11°C

13°C

Perth

10°C

17°C

Sydney

15°C

22°C

National Summary

Cold fronts should bring damaging winds, widespread showers & isolated storms to SA, NSW, Vic & Tas, with showers over southern parts of the NT & Qld. Showery onshore winds should develop persist over southwest WA behind a front and develop over the eastern Top End and Qld.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	11°C	14°C	91%	15 - 20 mm	Nil	1.8 - Low	NW 25.6km/h	WNW 31.3km/h	69.7%	87.7%
Alice Springs	10°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	E 3.6km/h	ESE 8.3km/h	54.7%	77.8%
Brisbane	15°C	25°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.4 - Moderate	NW 2.2km/h	NNW 3.2km/h	73.1%	86.2%
Broome	19°C	27°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.7 - High	ESE 6.1km/h	WSW 16.2km/h	63.8%	91.8%
Cairns	20°C	26°C	25%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	S 11.9km/h	SE 19.8km/h	78.1%	86.9%
Canberra	8°C	12°C	39%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	2 - Low	NW 23.8km/h	NW 28.8km/h	69.4%	93.2%
Darwin	23°C	30°C	17%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	ESE 7.2km/h	NE 12.6km/h	73.3%	85.8%
Hobart	8°C	14°C	44%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	0.9 - Low	NW 12.2km/h	NW 21.6km/h	65.6%	86.8%
Melbourne	11°C	13°C	69%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	1.4 - Low	N 25.9km/h	NNW 24.5km/h	70.5%	90.7%
Perth	10°C	17°C	15%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SE 7.2km/h	SE 8.3km/h	68.9%	84.3%
Sydney	15°C	22°C	22%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.3 - Low	NNW 19.1km/h	NW 19.8km/h	54.5%	74.9%

Warnings

NSW

Wed 22:42 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) SW Slopes, ACT & C Tablelands, S Tablelands, CW Slopes/Plains, Riverina & Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 22:42 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) SW Slopes, ACT & C Tablelands, S Tablelands, CW Slopes/Plains, Riverina & Snowy Mountains

Wed 21:30 ACST

Gale Warning for Upper West, Lower West & Central coasts

NSW

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

VIC

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip & West, Central and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West and Central West coasts

National

Wed 21:52 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern Area

National

Wed 21:52 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

Wed 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts. Cancellation for Leeuwin Coast

VIC

Wed 20:59 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Northern Country and North East

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Warnings

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