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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW TUE WED THU FRI

MinMax

Adelaide

7°C

16°C

Alice Springs

5°C

18°C

Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Broome

18°C

29°C

Cairns

18°C

23°C

Canberra

2°C

14°C

Darwin

22°C

30°C

Hobart

8°C

14°C

Melbourne

9°C

15°C

Perth

13°C

21°C

Sydney

11°C

17°C

National Summary

A cold front clearing NSW sends a showers, some storms and cold winds. Another front brushing past Tas should lead to showers and gusty winds. High pressure otherwise clears showers and Alpine snow from the southeast, while keeping elsewhere largely dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	7°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.9 - Low	ENE 5.8km/h	NNE 5.8km/h	63.0%	86.8%
Alice Springs	5°C	18°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.4 - Moderate	ESE 14.4km/h	ESE 20.5km/h	57.5%	79.9%
Brisbane	12°C	20°C	24%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.9 - Moderate	SSW 12.2km/h	S 14.8km/h	52.6%	85.2%
Broome	18°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.9 - High	E 22.3km/h	SE 13.3km/h	35.6%	57.9%
Cairns	18°C	23°C	39%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.4 - High	SSE 21.2km/h	SE 25.2km/h	60.9%	85.0%
Canberra	2°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SE 7.9km/h	NNE 8.6km/h	58.5%	91.6%
Darwin	22°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.7 - Very High	SE 13.7km/h	ESE 14.8km/h	51.8%	67.3%
Hobart	8°C	14°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.3 - Low	NW 12.2km/h	NW 13.0km/h	65.0%	87.3%
Melbourne	9°C	15°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	N 3.2km/h	SSW 5.0km/h	74.5%	97.3%
Perth	13°C	21°C	60%	20 - 25 mm	Nil	3.7 - Moderate	N 9.4km/h	NW 13.3km/h	58.9%	92.1%
Sydney	11°C	17°C	51%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SSW 16.6km/h	S 18.4km/h	57.7%	95.3%

Warnings

NSW

Mon 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts. Cancellation for Macquarie and Hunter coasts

TAS

Mon 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & Far North West, CN, Upper East, Lower East, South East, South West & CW coasts

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

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

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

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

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North East, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

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

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

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

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