Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

13°C

24°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

10°C

28°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

18°C

29°C

Clear skies
Broome

25°C

32°C

Severe thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

28°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

21°C

Clear skies
Darwin

25°C

34°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

11°C

19°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

13°C

25°C

Clear skies
Perth

13°C

26°C

Clear skies
Sydney

14°C

26°C

National Summary

Enhanced tropical moisture and an unstable air mass are causing showers and thunderstorms to develop in north Qld and the eastern Top End. An unstable air mass over western and inland WA is triggering showers and storms. A cold front bring gusty showers to Tas.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

SA

Thu 14:46 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

WA

Thu 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin and Albany coasts

QLD

Thu 12:25 AEST

Final Flood Watch For Parts Of The North Tropical Coast

TAS

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, NE, NW Coast, CN, C Plateau, Midlands & E Coast

TAS

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Furneaux Is, Western, U Derwent, NE, NW Coast, CN, C Plateau, Midlands & E Coast

NSW

Thu 10:49 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

TAS

Thu 10:48 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

NSW

Thu 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Friday for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Thu 10:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Thu 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Channel & CN, Lower East, South East & South West coasts

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