Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

7°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

18°C

26°C

Clear skies
Broome

24°C

30°C

Clear skies
Cairns

21°C

28°C

Fair
Canberra

4°C

11°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Cloudy
Hobart

7°C

11°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

7°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

23°C

Clear skies
Sydney

11°C

18°C

National Summary

A wintry cold front is bringing strong winds, showers, small hail & highland snow to Tas, Vic & NSW. A large high is causing brisk winds to ease & most showers to clear in SA & southern WA, & is keeping the interior dry. Patchy rain is affecting WA's north & Qld in troughs.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

WA

Thu 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Pilbara Coast East, Pilbara Coast West & West Kimberley Coast. Cancellation for North Kimberley Coast

QLD

Thu 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Cooktown, Cairns and Townsville coasts

TAS

Thu 20:25 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Western

TAS

Thu 20:25 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Western

NSW

Thu 20:13 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning N Tablelands, C Tablelands, S Tablelands & Snowy Mountains. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning Illawarra & SW Slopes

NSW

Thu 20:12 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Friday for Hunter Coast

VIC

Thu 16:52 AEST

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

NSW

Thu 16:27 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for Snowy Mountains and parts of South Coast and Southern Tablelands

NSW

Thu 16:27 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for Snowy Mountains and parts of South Coast and Southern Tablelands

TAS

Thu 16:26 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands and Western

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide to chill through coldest day so far this year

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Welcome rain for dry parts of northern NSW, southern Qld

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