Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

16°C

22°C

Rain
Alice Springs

18°C

33°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

14°C

25°C

Clear skies
Broome

26°C

30°C

Rain
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Rain
Canberra

13°C

16°C

Fair
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

16°C

Heavy rain
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

10°C

20°C

Fair
Sydney

17°C

25°C

National Summary

A deep low pressure trough is generating rain, storms and gusty winds, some intense, in a swathe from WA to SA, NSW and Vic. A gusty cold front to the trough's south affects Tas. Humid E'ly winds also bring a few showers to the northern tropics. A high is clearing southern WA.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

SA

Thu 22:37 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East

VIC

Thu 22:58 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning North Central, North East, South West, Central & West & South Gippsland. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Wimmera

NSW

Thu 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Macquarie, Hunter and Sydney coasts

VIC

Thu 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts

TAS

Thu 22:00 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts

WA

Thu 19:10 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Ningaloo, Gascoyne and Geraldton coasts

QLD

Thu 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula and Cooktown coasts

SA

Thu 20:13 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North West Pastoral district

SA

Thu 20:13 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North West Pastoral district

NT

Thu 20:12 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lasseter district

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