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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW WED THU FRI SAT

MinMax

Adelaide

12°C

17°C

Alice Springs

15°C

31°C

Brisbane

15°C

30°C

Broome

21°C

29°C

Cairns

18°C

26°C

Canberra

8°C

16°C

Darwin

23°C

30°C

Hobart

8°C

13°C

Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Perth

11°C

19°C

Sydney

15°C

26°C

National Summary

A cold front will bring strong winds & showers to Tas, Vic, southern NSW & SA; and small hail & highland snow to Tas. Another front will bring showers to southwest WA. Showery onshore winds for the northeast tropics. High pressure will keep the remainder of the country dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	12°C	17°C	30%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.8 - Moderate	W 17.3km/h	WSW 16.2km/h	65.6%	84.5%
Alice Springs	15°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.7 - Very High	NW 4.7km/h	NNW 7.6km/h	25.3%	41.7%
Brisbane	15°C	30°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.1 - Very High	WNW 4.0km/h	N 7.9km/h	52.7%	70.8%
Broome	21°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.3 - Very High	NW 7.2km/h	W 21.6km/h	74.5%	99.0%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11 - Extreme	SSE 13.7km/h	SE 19.8km/h	64.9%	84.1%
Canberra	8°C	16°C	27%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.1 - High	WNW 20.5km/h	WNW 27.0km/h	61.6%	81.2%
Darwin	23°C	30°C	10%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.9 - Extreme	E 7.6km/h	NNE 17.3km/h	65.4%	82.2%
Hobart	8°C	13°C	53%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.8 - Low	WNW 25.6km/h	WNW 32.0km/h	52.3%	75.2%
Melbourne	11°C	16°C	20%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.5 - Moderate	NNW 16.9km/h	W 17.3km/h	60.5%	79.4%
Perth	11°C	19°C	39%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.4 - High	N 6.8km/h	WNW 15.5km/h	75.6%	94.1%
Sydney	15°C	26°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.3 - High	WNW 16.6km/h	W 21.2km/h	46.0%	59.0%

Warnings

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

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

Tue 21:30 ACST

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

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts. Cancellation for West Coast

TAS

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & CN, Upper East, Lower East, South East & South West coasts

National

Tue 21:53 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Ningaloo Coast

TAS

Tue 20:09 AEST

Cancellation Of Severe Weather Warning for Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East, East Coast and Midlands

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