Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

10°C

17°C

Mist
Alice Springs

9°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

12°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

29°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

19°C

24°C

Fair
Canberra

2°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Clear skies
Hobart

3°C

11°C

Mist
Melbourne

5°C

13°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

9°C

21°C

Rain showers
Sydney

11°C

16°C

National Summary

A high pressure system will continue to trap cool air over Tas, Vic, NSW and SA while directing cool and showery SE winds along the east coast. A weak cold front will brush southwest WA, bringing showers. An area of low pressure over the interior will bring the odd shower/storm.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

QLD

Wed 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Torres Strait & Peninsula and Cooktown coasts. Cancellation for Cairns Coast

TAS

Wed 16:53 AEST

Road Weather Alert for icy Roads for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley, South East and Central Plateau. Cancellation for Central North

QLD

Wed 16:51 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Gold Coast Waters & K'gari Coast

NSW

Wed 16:51 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra coasts

VIC

Wed 16:50 AEST

Frost Warning for Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

National

Wed 15:31 AEST

Storm Force Wind Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

National

Wed 15:31 AEST

Cancellation Of Gale Warning 8 For Southern Area

VIC

Wed 13:45 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Ovens River

NSW, QLD

Wed 11:21 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Paroo River (Nsw)

QLD

Wed 11:15 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Bulloo River

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