Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

7°C

13°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

22°C

Clear skies
Broome

15°C

28°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

18°C

25°C

Fair
Canberra

-1°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

21°C

29°C

Fair
Hobart

6°C

12°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

9°C

21°C

Clear skies
Sydney

7°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front passing over southeastern Australia is bringing gusty showers to Vic and Tas, while a strengthening high over WA and into SA drives onshore showers along the southern coast. Onshore SE winds are maintaining showers on NSW's north coast and in Qld's tropical north.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

VIC

Tue 06:05 AEST

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

VIC

Tue 04:59 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 04:55 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Tue 04:52 AEST

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

VIC

Tue 04:52 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 04:38 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 04:38 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 04:29 AEST

Road Weather Alert for reduced visibility in fog for Sydney Western Suburbs

SA

Tue 03:40 ACST

Gale Warning for Lower South East Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Investigator Strait & Central, South Central and Upper South East coasts

NSW

Tue 04:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Wednesday for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Batemans Coast

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