Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

11°C

24°C

Fair
Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

26°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

26°C

Heavy rain
Canberra

8°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Rain
Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Rain showers
Perth

9°C

16°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

22°C

National Summary

Strong wind, rain & storms are impacting southern SA, Tas & Vic with a cold front. Showers over eastern NSW and southern Qld in unstable air. Onshore winds bring gusty showers to southwest WA and the northeastern Qld and the NT coast. Clear inland and northwest in a high.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

NSW

Thu 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts. Cancellation for Coffs Coast

TAS

Thu 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning East of Flinders Is. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound & Far NW, CN, Upper East, Lower E, SE, SW & CW coasts

SA

Thu 15:30 ACST

Gale Warning for Investigator Strait & Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts

National

Thu 15:49 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western And Southern Areas

National

Thu 15:47 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

VIC

Thu 15:45 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The King River And Minor Flood Warning For The Ovens River

WA

Thu 13:01 AWST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Esperance and Eucla coasts

NSW

Thu 14:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, ACT & South West Slopes

NSW

Thu 14:30 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, ACT & South West Slopes

VIC

Thu 14:20 AEST

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

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