Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Mostly cloudy
Adelaide

11°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

19°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

17°C

25°C

Fair
Broome

22°C

31°C

Clear skies
Cairns

20°C

27°C

Clear skies
Canberra

3°C

11°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

32°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

5°C

12°C

Rain showers
Melbourne

7°C

13°C

Clear skies
Perth

11°C

22°C

Clear skies
Sydney

11°C

18°C

National Summary

A gusty SW'ly airstream will surge behind a front & low, keeping SE AUS cold, showery & windy, with strong to damaging winds & snow falling across the Alps. Onshore winds will bring showers to coastal north Qld, & southern SA & WA, while a high keeps windy but dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

WA

Wed 16:05 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Pilbara Coast East, Pilbara Coast West & North Kimberley and West Kimberley coasts

TAS

Wed 17:15 AEST

Bush Walkers Weather Alert for Western and Central Plateau

VIC

Wed 16:50 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

NSW

Wed 16:39 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

VIC

Wed 16:15 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

NSW

Wed 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning Thursday Macquarie, Illawarra, Batemans & Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning Thursday Byron, Coffs, Hunter & Sydney coasts

TAS

Wed 16:05 AEST

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

National

Wed 16:02 AEST

Gale Warning 8 For Southern, Western And Southeastern Areas

National

Wed 16:01 AEST

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

SA

Wed 15:30 ACST

Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Central, South Central, Upper South East & L SE coasts

ELDERS NEWS

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