Elder Weather

A low pressure trough may continue to bring showers and the odd storm to southeast WA and western SA. A cold front may approach southwest WA later and could bring gusty showers. Showery onshore winds around high pressure for Tas, Vic, Qld and NSW. Dry elsewhere.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	8°C	18°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.7 - Moderate	ESE 7.9km/h	SE 13.7km/h	56.2%	73.7%
Alice Springs	11°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.3 - Very High	ESE 27.0km/h	ESE 28.1km/h	35.7%	58.6%
Brisbane	15°C	22°C	18%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	SSE 13.3km/h	SE 18.0km/h	56.0%	78.9%
Broome	20°C	29°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	10.9 - Very High	SW 10.8km/h	W 22.3km/h	61.4%	87.5%
Cairns	20°C	26°C	45%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.4 - Extreme	SSE 16.6km/h	SE 25.6km/h	70.1%	82.2%
Canberra	2°C	17°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.8 - Moderate	SSE 8.3km/h	NNW 13.3km/h	55.6%	73.8%
Darwin	25°C	31°C	8%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.4 - Extreme	ENE 9.7km/h	NE 22.7km/h	63.5%	78.5%
Hobart	9°C	17°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.9 - Moderate	WNW 19.8km/h	WNW 24.1km/h	53.6%	74.8%
Melbourne	10°C	15°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5 - Moderate	SW 7.6km/h	SSW 11.9km/h	68.5%	86.5%
Perth	13°C	24°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	ENE 17.3km/h	ENE 11.9km/h	57.5%	79.2%
Sydney	11°C	18°C	4%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.9 - Moderate	SW 17.6km/h	SSE 19.4km/h	53.2%	69.8%

Warnings

VIC

Sun 09:10 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Loddon River

Sun 07:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning Pilbara E, Pilbara W, Per Local & Ningaloo, Gascoyne, Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth, Bunbury Geographe & Leeuwin coasts

QLD

Sun 09:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters, Moreton Bay and Gold Coast Waters

VIC

Sun 08:46 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Tallangatta Creek

NSW

Sun 04:59 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Australian Capital Territory

NSW

Sun 04:41 AEST

Cancelled Severe Weather Warning for South Coast, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains & Australian Capital Territory

NSW

Sun 04:41 AEST

Cancelled Severe Weather Warning for South Coast, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains & Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Sun 04:10 AEST

Gale Warning East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning Central & Central Gippslands. Cancelled Western Port, Gippsland Lakes & West Coast

NSW

Sun 04:00 AEST

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

TAS

Sun 04:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is & Upper East, Lower East, South East & South West coasts. Cancelled Far North West & CN coasts

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Record early-season heat has been blown across Sydney, with the aid of dry, blustery westerly winds.

Mid-30s heat and snowfalls on the same day in NSW

Spring is a season of contrasts, and sometimes those dramatic weather differences occur on the same day in the same state.

How El Niño helped break UK summer heat record

The UK Met Office has announced that the 2026 summer was *provisionally the nation's hottest on record, and El Niño played a significant role in the heat.

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Warnings

News from across Australia

Dry, blustery winds drive record heat across Sydney

Mid-30s heat and snowfalls on the same day in NSW

How El Niño helped break UK summer heat record

Warm seas near Australia could counteract El Niño’s drying effect this spring

Dry, blustery winds drive record heat across Sydney

Mid-30s heat and snowfalls on the same day in NSW

How El Niño helped break UK summer heat record

Warm seas near Australia could counteract El Niño’s drying effect this spring

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