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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW FRI SAT SUN MON

MinMax

Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Alice Springs

11°C

25°C

Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Broome

18°C

26°C

Cairns

19°C

26°C

Canberra

8°C

13°C

Darwin

23°C

30°C

Hobart

8°C

15°C

Melbourne

10°C

14°C

Perth

9°C

16°C

Sydney

15°C

22°C

National Summary

Strong wind, rain & storms are impacting southern SA, Tas & Vic with a cold front. Showers over eastern NSW and southern Qld in unstable air. Onshore winds bring gusty showers to southwest WA and the northeastern Qld and the NT coast. Clear inland and northwest in a high.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	11°C	15°C	87%	15 - 20 mm	Nil	1.8 - Low	NW 27.7km/h	WNW 30.6km/h	69.7%	88.8%
Alice Springs	11°C	25°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.2 - Moderate	ESE 2.5km/h	ESE 2.9km/h	52.0%	78.2%
Brisbane	14°C	23°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	4.4 - Moderate	NW 4.0km/h	NW 4.0km/h	74.1%	91.9%
Broome	18°C	26°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.7 - High	SE 6.5km/h	WSW 15.1km/h	66.4%	92.5%
Cairns	19°C	26°C	25%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	S 11.5km/h	SE 19.8km/h	77.8%	87.3%
Canberra	8°C	13°C	39%	10 - 15 mm	Nil	2 - Low	NW 23.0km/h	NW 28.4km/h	69.5%	93.6%
Darwin	23°C	30°C	11%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.3 - Very High	SE 8.6km/h	NE 12.6km/h	72.7%	85.8%
Hobart	8°C	15°C	53%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	0.9 - Low	NW 10.4km/h	NW 13.7km/h	66.1%	89.0%
Melbourne	10°C	14°C	51%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	1.4 - Low	N 25.9km/h	NNW 20.5km/h	70.8%	90.8%
Perth	9°C	16°C	21%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.5 - Low	SE 0.4km/h	SE 9.0km/h	68.5%	86.7%
Sydney	15°C	22°C	20%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2.3 - Low	NW 15.5km/h	NW 18.4km/h	55.9%	73.8%

Warnings

VIC

Thu 17:32 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Goulburn River

NSW

Thu 17:27 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

VIC

Thu 17:16 AEST

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

TAS

Thu 17:16 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for King Island

Thu 16:46 ACST

Sheep Graziers Warning Mt Lofty R & Lower South East. Cancelled Sheep Graziers Warning L Eyre, Flinders, Yorke Peninsula & Kangaroo Island

NSW

Thu 17:16 AEST

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

Thu 16:40 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Lower South East district

Thu 16:40 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Lower South East district

VIC

Thu 16:15 AEST

Gale Warning for West and Central coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Thu 16:05 AEST

Gale Warning East of Flinders Is. Strong Wind Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound & Far NW, CN, Upper East, Lower E, SE, SW & CW coasts

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News from across Australia

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Sydney's warmest June on record

Polar airmass surging towards Australia – where will the chill hit?

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