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Cold, unstable air should stream over the southeast, bringing showers, storms and alpine snow to eastern Vic, NSW and southeast Qld. Gusty cool air pushes north into the southern NT. Increasing instability over southwest WA brings showers and storms. Hot in northwest.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	7°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.8 - High	ENE 4.7km/h	W 9.7km/h	52.1%	68.8%
Alice Springs	9°C	23°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.3 - Very High	ESE 23.8km/h	ESE 25.6km/h	24.8%	37.2%
Brisbane	13°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.1 - Very High	S 12.2km/h	SSE 15.1km/h	44.4%	62.5%
Broome	23°C	33°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.9 - Very High	ENE 19.1km/h	NW 13.3km/h	47.0%	77.5%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	20%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.1 - Extreme	SSE 14.8km/h	SE 23.8km/h	61.2%	82.2%
Canberra	1°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	SSE 8.6km/h	NW 14.4km/h	48.7%	73.5%
Darwin	25°C	32°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.3 - Extreme	ESE 10.1km/h	ENE 20.2km/h	50.5%	68.2%
Hobart	7°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.5 - Moderate	NW 18.0km/h	NW 19.4km/h	50.1%	73.0%
Melbourne	9°C	15°C	2%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	SSW 9.0km/h	SSW 10.8km/h	60.5%	83.2%
Perth	18°C	26°C	3%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.9 - High	N 11.5km/h	WNW 17.6km/h	58.1%	81.5%
Sydney	10°C	17°C	27%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	SW 19.8km/h	SSE 19.4km/h	56.6%	76.0%

Warnings

TAS

Sun 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South West and Central West coasts

Sun 03:12 ACST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Eastern Eyre Peninsula and parts of West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula and North West Pastoral districts

Sun 03:12 ACST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Eastern Eyre Peninsula and parts of West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula and North West Pastoral districts

Sun 01:01 AWST

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

QLD

Sun 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Peninsula and Cooktown coasts

VIC

Sat 16:15 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sunday for Port Phillip

VIC

Fri 11:01 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

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August tied as world’s warmest month on record

Spring temperature 'see-saw' in full effect in southern Australia

Indonesia fire smoke reaches Australia’s northwest coast

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