Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWTUEWEDTHUFRI
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

7°C

13°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

4°C

17°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

10°C

21°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

14°C

27°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

25°C

Fair
Canberra

-1°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

21°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

6°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

8°C

13°C

Cloudy
Perth

8°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

7°C

16°C

National Summary

A cold front passing Tas & a strong high over southern Australia drive cold, blustery winds bringing showers, small hail & alpine snow across the southeast, with onshore winds extending near-coastal showers into SA & northern Qld. Gusty SE winds bring showers to Qld's north.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

National

Sun 22:02 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

National

Sun 22:02 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

SA

Sun 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Monday Invest St & Far West, Upper West, Lower West, Central, South Central, Upper South East & L SE coasts

VIC

Sun 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Port Phillip & West and Central coasts

TAS

Sun 22:00 AEST

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

WA

Sun 19:01 AWST

Gale Warning for Esperance Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Albany and Eucla coasts. Cancellation for Leeuwin Coast

VIC

Sun 17:22 AEST

Frost Warning for Northern Country, North East and East Gippsland

TAS

Sun 11:38 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Styx River

TAS

Sun 10:23 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Huon River

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