Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

10°C

20°C

Rain
Alice Springs

20°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

17°C

36°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

27°C

33°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

23°C

30°C

Fair
Canberra

7°C

20°C

Partly cloudy
Darwin

27°C

34°C

Rain showers
Hobart

11°C

20°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

27°C

Clear skies
Sydney

16°C

23°C

National Summary

A moist, unstable airmass generates showers and storms over the northern tropics, including Darwin. High over the south drives onshore winds and showers across southeast SA, south NSW, Vic and Tas. Dry continental air brings clear skies to WA, south QLD and the rest of NSW.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Thu 14:10 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Pilbara, Gascoyne and South Interior districts

WA

Thu 14:10 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Pilbara, Gascoyne and South Interior districts

NSW

Thu 17:07 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning Snowy Mountains. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands & South West Slopes

TAS

Thu 17:06 AEDT

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

VIC

Thu 16:15 AEDT

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

TAS

Thu 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island & Central North, South East, South West & Central West coasts

NSW

Thu 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

WA

Thu 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth and Bunbury Geographe coasts

WA

Thu 13:00 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

WA

Thu 13:00 AWST

Heatwave Warning Western Australia

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