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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW FRI SAT SUN MON

MinMax

Adelaide

11°C

14°C

Alice Springs

6°C

19°C

Brisbane

11°C

22°C

Broome

18°C

31°C

Cairns

17°C

27°C

Canberra

6°C

10°C

Darwin

22°C

31°C

Hobart

7°C

12°C

Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Perth

7°C

19°C

Sydney

12°C

19°C

National Summary

A deep low is moving further east over the Tasman Sea, maintaining strong winds and showers across Vic, eastern NSW and Tas, falling as snow in alpine areas. Showers also affect southern WA and southern SA in a S/SW’ly flow behind the low.

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	14°C	81%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	2 - Low	SW 18.4km/h	SW 22.3km/h	64.2%	79.8%
Alice Springs	6°C	19°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	5.5 - Moderate	SW 7.9km/h	S 11.5km/h	40.8%	58.2%
Brisbane	11°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3.9 - Moderate	WNW 9.0km/h	WNW 19.1km/h	41.5%	58.4%
Broome	18°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.2 - High	E 16.9km/h	SSE 9.7km/h	47.8%	74.1%
Cairns	17°C	27°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	WSW 4.7km/h	NE 11.5km/h	74.0%	90.2%
Canberra	6°C	10°C	58%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	1.9 - Low	WNW 20.5km/h	WNW 26.3km/h	65.9%	90.3%
Darwin	22°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8.4 - Very High	SE 6.1km/h	NE 10.4km/h	65.2%	83.0%
Hobart	7°C	12°C	86%	25 - 30 mm	Nil	1.1 - Low	SSE 25.9km/h	S 24.1km/h	75.3%	94.9%
Melbourne	11°C	14°C	74%	15 - 20 mm	Nil	1.6 - Low	NW 14.8km/h	SW 9.0km/h	71.9%	91.8%
Perth	7°C	19°C	10%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	3 - Moderate	ENE 5.8km/h	E 7.2km/h	65.0%	79.8%
Sydney	12°C	19°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	2 - Low	NW 13.0km/h	WNW 18.4km/h	55.6%	69.3%

Warnings

VIC

Thu 17:58 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Central, North Central and Northern Country

VIC

Thu 17:58 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Central, North Central and Northern Country

NSW

Thu 17:50 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands

NSW

Thu 17:50 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands

NSW

Thu 17:17 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Friday for Hunter and Sydney coasts

VIC

Thu 16:49 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, South West and Central

NSW

Thu 16:49 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains

NSW

Thu 16:39 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Thu 16:39 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

VIC

Thu 16:30 AEST

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES for South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

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