Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Rain
Adelaide

11°C

14°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

20°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Fair
Broome

19°C

30°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

27°C

Rain
Canberra

6°C

10°C

Clear skies
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Rain
Hobart

8°C

12°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

11°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

7°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

12°C

18°C

National Summary

A deep low should start moving into the Tasman Sea, maintaining strong winds and showers across Vic, eastern NSW and Tas, falling as snow in the alps. Showers should also affect southern WA and southern SA in a southwesterly flow behind the low. It should be dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

VIC

Wed 06:11 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Wed 04:54 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Wed 04:54 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

NSW

Wed 04:21 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains & ACT

NSW

Wed 04:19 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Winds) MN Cst, Illawarra, S Cst, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, SW Slopes, Snowy Mtns, ACT, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Wed 04:19 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Winds) MN Cst, Illawarra, S Cst, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, SW Slopes, Snowy Mtns, ACT, N Tablelands & Hunter

SA

Wed 03:40 ACST

Gale Warning for Lower South East Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Far West, Upper West, Lower West, South Central & Upper South East coasts

VIC

Wed 04:10 AEST

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

NSW

Wed 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts. Cancellation for Byron Coast

TAS

Wed 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for East of Flinders Island & Far North West and Central North coasts. Cancellation for South West Coast

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