Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

8°C

21°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

8°C

25°C

Mostly cloudy
Brisbane

17°C

21°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

17°C

30°C

Rain showers
Cairns

21°C

27°C

Drizzle
Canberra

9°C

17°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

23°C

31°C

Fair
Hobart

6°C

15°C

Drizzle
Melbourne

8°C

17°C

Cloudy
Perth

13°C

16°C

Rain
Sydney

16°C

20°C

National Summary

A cloudband stretching across WA's west and south and SA's west is bringing rain and showers and a few storms. A trough is bringing showers to southeast Qld and northeast NSW. High pressure is keeping elsewhere mainly dry.

State Forecasts

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