Australian Weather Forecast

For Wednesday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

13°C

20°C

Thunderstorms
Alice Springs

17°C

24°C

Fair
Brisbane

22°C

30°C

Fair
Broome

26°C

30°C

Fair
Cairns

24°C

31°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

11°C

29°C

Clear skies
Darwin

28°C

35°C

Cloudy
Hobart

11°C

20°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

13°C

19°C

Clear skies
Perth

15°C

28°C

Rain
Sydney

16°C

27°C

National Summary

Showers & storms are scattering across much of WA & central Australia as moist air feeds a broad trough. Isolated showers & storms, some intense, are impacting Qld, NSW & eastern Vic in another trough. Highs are keeping much of Qld, Tas, southern SA & far southern WA dry.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Wed 16:17 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Hail & Heavy Rain) Gascoyne, Goldfields, Central Wheat Belt, S Interior & CW districts

WA

Wed 16:17 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Hail & Heavy Rain) Gascoyne, Goldfields, Central Wheat Belt, S Interior & CW districts

QLD

Wed 17:55 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - SE Queensland (Winds, Hail & Heavy Rain) Gympie, Somerset, South Burnett, Toowoomba, Sun Cst & Noosa Council

QLD

Wed 17:55 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - SE Queensland (Winds, Hail & Heavy Rain) Gympie, Somerset, South Burnett, Toowoomba, Sun Cst & Noosa Council

QLD

Wed 17:54 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds, Heavy Rain & Hail) C Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

QLD

Wed 17:54 AEST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Winds, Heavy Rain & Hail) C Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett, Darling Downs & Granite Belt & SE Cst

NSW

Wed 18:37 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Large Hailstones, Damaging Winds And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Northern Rivers and Hunter

NSW

Wed 18:37 AEDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Large Hailstones, Damaging Winds And Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Northern Rivers and Hunter

National

Wed 17:09 AEDT

Gale Warning 7 For Southern Area

National

Wed 17:09 AEDT

Gale Warning 8 For Western And Southern Areas

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