Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

15°C

28°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

14°C

33°C

Fair
Brisbane

17°C

24°C

Clear skies
Broome

22°C

31°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Canberra

8°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

24°C

31°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

4°C

20°C

Mostly cloudy
Melbourne

9°C

26°C

Clear skies
Perth

10°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

16°C

23°C

National Summary

Showers are occurring in NE NSW & eastern Qld, heavy in the northern tropics due to moist, unstable southeasterly winds. Rain & storms are affecting the western deserts, while patchy light rain falls in SA in a trough. A front is bringing cooling winds & the odd shower to SW WA.

State Forecasts

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