Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

13°C

25°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

10°C

28°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

18°C

31°C

Clear skies
Broome

25°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

24°C

29°C

Fair
Canberra

7°C

19°C

Clear skies
Darwin

25°C

34°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

14°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

13°C

16°C

Clear skies
Perth

13°C

27°C

Clear skies
Sydney

15°C

27°C

National Summary

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

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

QLD

Thu 23:52 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, North West and Central West

QLD

Thu 23:52 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, North West and Central West

TAS

Thu 22:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Western, U Derwent, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands & East Coast

TAS

Thu 22:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Western, U Derwent, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands & East Coast

NSW

Thu 22:41 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Friday for Snowy Mountains

TAS

Thu 22:36 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

NSW

Thu 22:00 AEST

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

VIC

Thu 22:00 AEST

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

TAS

Thu 22:00 AEST

Gale Warning for Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island, Channel & Lower East, South East & South West coasts

WA

Thu 19:01 AWST

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

ELDERS NEWS

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