Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

7°C

18°C

Fair
Alice Springs

11°C

23°C

Fair
Brisbane

15°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

21°C

28°C

Fair
Cairns

20°C

26°C

Fair
Canberra

3°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

25°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

10°C

15°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

10°C

17°C

National Summary

A low pressure over eastern WA will bring showers/storms to southeast WA, western SA and the southwestern NT. Showery onshore winds around high pressure for western Tas, eastern Vic, coastal parts of Qld and NSW. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

NSW

Wed 22:21 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains

SA

Wed 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Far West, Upper West and Lower West coasts

NSW

Wed 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sydney Enclosed Waters & Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Wed 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning for South East Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Channel & Lower East & South West coasts

VIC

Wed 22:00 AEST

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

National

Wed 21:47 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Western Area

National

Wed 21:47 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern And Western Areas

WA

Wed 19:01 AWST

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

QLD

Wed 21:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Thursday Hervey Bay, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay

SA

Wed 16:26 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Flinders and Mid North

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