Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

7°C

17°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

3°C

18°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Broome

19°C

27°C

Clear skies
Cairns

16°C

23°C

Clear skies
Canberra

2°C

14°C

Fair
Darwin

21°C

32°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

7°C

17°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

15°C

Fair
Perth

15°C

23°C

Mostly cloudy
Sydney

9°C

16°C

National Summary

Moist onshore winds drive heavy rain and some storms into eastern NSW and southeast Qld. A cold front brings rain and storms to southwest WA. High pressure dominates over southeast Australia bringing a cold morning with fog and frost, followed by a dry and settled day.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Thu 17:07 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Greater Perth (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Greater Perth area

WA

Thu 17:07 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Greater Perth (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Greater Perth area

WA

Thu 16:32 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Lower West district

WA

Thu 16:32 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Heavy Rainfall) for parts of Lower West district

SA

Thu 16:43 ACST

Frost Warning for Mid North and Riverland

VIC

Thu 16:39 AEST

Frost Warning for North East

NSW

Thu 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Byron and Coffs coasts. Cancellation for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra coasts

TAS

Thu 16:05 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for South East and South West coasts

WA

Thu 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Geraldton, Lancelin, Perth & Albany coasts. Cancelled Bunbury Geographe & Leeuwin coasts

QLD

Thu 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning Hervey Bay, Sun Cst Waters, Moreton Bay, Gold Cst Waters & Peninsula, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Capricornia

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