Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

17°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

16°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

29°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

16°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

13°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Rain showers
Perth

12°C

19°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

15°C

26°C

National Summary

Cold fronts are sending blustery winds & showers across southwest WA, SA, Tas & Vic. Warm, gusty winds are blowing across the interior & NSW. Showers in the NE tropics, mainly about the coasts, are due to moist, unstable easterly winds. Highs are keeping elsewhere generally dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

SA

Wed 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

NSW

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Eden Coast

VIC

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West and Central coasts

TAS

Wed 21:53 AEST

Gale Warning South West & Central West coasts. Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is & Far North West, CN, Upper East & South East coasts

WA

Wed 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo Coast

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

TAS

Wed 16:46 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) King Is, Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, SE, NE, C Plateau & E Coast, NW Coast, CN & Midlands

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Wed 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

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