Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Alice Springs

15°C

28°C

Fair
Brisbane

13°C

21°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

28°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

23°C

Cloudy
Canberra

8°C

14°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

8°C

20°C

Clear skies
Sydney

11°C

22°C

National Summary

A north-west cloud band will bring showers to central WA, northern SA and the NT's south, with rain and thunderstorms possible over southern NSW, Vic and Tas. Moist onshore winds will bring showers to northeast NSW, eastern Qld and southwest WA.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

QLD

Tue 17:40 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Townsville Coast. Cancellation for Mackay Coast

WA

Tue 15:20 AWST

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

VIC

Tue 16:35 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Central, North Central, West and South Gippsland and North East

VIC

Tue 16:35 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Central, North Central, West and South Gippsland and North East

NT

Tue 15:49 ACST

Fire Weather Warning for Darwin and Adelaide River

VIC

Tue 16:15 AEST

Gale Warning for Wednesday for Port Phillip. Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for West, Central and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Tue 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Batemans and Eden coasts

TAS

Tue 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Wednesday East of Flinders Is & Far North West, Upper East, Lower East, South East, South West & Central West coasts

SA

Tue 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Central and South Central coasts

VIC

Tue 12:38 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Kiewa River

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