Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWMONTUEWEDTHU
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

18°C

28°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

24°C

39°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

21°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Broome

28°C

33°C

Thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

29°C

Clear skies
Canberra

13°C

29°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

26°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

12°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

15°C

21°C

Clear skies
Perth

19°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

19°C

25°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

QLD

Sat 21:42 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Connors-Isaac, Mackenzie And Fitzroy Rivers And Flood Warning For The Nogoa River Catchment

QLD

Sat 14:13 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Thomson River And Minor Flood Warning For Jordan Creek, Alice And Barcoo Rivers

QLD

Sat 13:49 AEST

Flood Warning For The Nicholson And Gregory Rivers

QLD

Sat 12:58 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Flinders River

QLD

Sat 11:03 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Western River And Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Sat 09:57 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Suttor River And Minor Flood Warning For The Cape River

WA

Sun 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for North Kimberley, Ningaloo, Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts. Cancellation for Eucla Coast

NT

Sun 02:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Beagle Bonaparte, North Tiwi and Arafura coasts

SA

Sun 03:40 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

TAS

Sun 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West, Central North and South West coasts. Cancellation for East of Flinders Island

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

NSW heavy rain wraps north while lows brew in the tropics

Heavy rain that fell over the NSW South Coast on Thursday and Friday has edged north overnight, with over 100mm falling in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday over the Moruya and Ulladulla regions, with 80mm over parts of the Illawarra.

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Record NSW South Coast January rainfall, plenty more to come

Extremely heavy rain has fallen on the far South Coast of New South Wales and in Victoria’s East Gippsland region overnight, as a low pressure system formed off the NSW South Coast.

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Severe NSW/Vic thunderstorm outbreak as flash flooding sweeps cars away

A widespread and dynamic thunderstorm outbreak continues to lash eastern New South Wales and Victoria on Thursday evening, while in the state’s southwest, extremely heavy rainfall along a section of the Great Ocean Road and adjacent ranges caused afternoon flash flooding.

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Vast area of heat across Western Australia

A large portion of Western Australia is currently under the grip of a heatwave, with maximum temperatures soaring above the already scorching January average in many regions.

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