Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWTUEWEDTHUFRI
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

7°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

5°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

29°C

Rain showers
Cairns

18°C

23°C

Clear skies
Canberra

1°C

14°C

Fair
Darwin

22°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

12°C

24°C

Rain showers
Sydney

11°C

17°C

National Summary

A cold front clearing NSW sends a showers, some storms and cold winds. Another front brushing past Tas should lead to showers and gusty winds. High pressure otherwise clears showers and Alpine snow from the southeast, while keeping elsewhere largely dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Sun 22:56 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

TAS

Sun 22:53 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for King Island, Furneaux Islands & parts of Western, North East, North West Coast & Central North

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

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

VIC

Sun 22:51 AEST

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

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

VIC

Sun 22:48 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

TAS

Sun 22:47 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

TAS

Sun 22:47 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for Upper Derwent Valley, South East & East Coast

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