Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

17°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

15°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

15°C

30°C

Clear skies
Broome

20°C

30°C

Fair
Cairns

18°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

16°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

13°C

Fair
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Mostly cloudy
Perth

9°C

18°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

15°C

26°C

National Summary

Cold fronts will maintain brisk westerly winds & showers across the country's south, especially Tas. Showers will affect the northeast tropics, mainly the coasts, due to moist easterly winds. High pressure will keep the remainder of the country dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

SA

Tue 23:29 ACST

Road Weather Alert for reduced visibility in fog for Tuesday for Adelaide

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

VIC

Tue 22:49 AEST

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

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

NSW

Tue 22:47 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Snowy Mountains

SA

Tue 21:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for South Central, Upper South East and Lower South East coasts

VIC

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts. Cancellation for West Coast

TAS

Tue 22:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is & CN, Upper East, Lower East, South East & South West coasts

National

Tue 21:53 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southeastern And Southern Areas

WA

Tue 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Ningaloo Coast

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