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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW MON TUE WED THU

MinMax

Adelaide

7°C

17°C

Alice Springs

9°C

23°C

Brisbane

13°C

22°C

Broome

23°C

32°C

Cairns

18°C

26°C

Canberra

2°C

16°C

Darwin

25°C

32°C

Hobart

7°C

16°C

Melbourne

9°C

15°C

Perth

18°C

29°C

Sydney

10°C

17°C

National Summary

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 4.3km/h	W 10.4km/h	53.5%	69.4%
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	32°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.8 - Very High	N 10.8km/h	NW 17.3km/h	66.9%	90.4%
Cairns	18°C	26°C	28%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.1 - Extreme	SSE 15.1km/h	SE 23.4km/h	63.0%	81.2%
Canberra	2°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	SSE 9.0km/h	NNW 13.7km/h	51.5%	72.7%
Darwin	25°C	32°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.3 - Extreme	ESE 10.4km/h	ENE 20.9km/h	51.1%	65.7%
Hobart	7°C	16°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.5 - Moderate	NW 17.6km/h	NW 19.4km/h	49.7%	72.5%
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	29°C	7%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.8 - High	NE 18.0km/h	NE 11.5km/h	54.3%	74.0%
Sydney	10°C	17°C	34%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.2 - High	SW 19.8km/h	SSE 19.8km/h	57.2%	77.6%

Warnings

Sun 00:40 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West Coast and North West Pastoral districts

Sun 00:40 ACST

Cancellation Of Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West Coast and North West Pastoral districts

TAS

Sat 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for South West and Central West coasts

Sat 19:01 AWST

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

QLD

Sat 21:00 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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Australian Weather Forecast

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Sunday spring storms for South Australia

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

Sunday spring storms for South Australia

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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