Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

12°C

23°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

20°C

35°C

Fair
Brisbane

22°C

35°C

Fair
Broome

29°C

32°C

Cloudy
Cairns

25°C

32°C

Clear skies
Canberra

7°C

27°C

Cloudy
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Rain showers
Hobart

8°C

13°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

17°C

Fair
Perth

20°C

42°C

Cloudy
Sydney

16°C

22°C

National Summary

A low and cold front extends instability over the interior, generating rain & storms from southern Vic to the NTs interior. Unstable air drawing tropical mositure triggers showers & storms over the tropics. Hot and humid winds bring heatwave conditions to eastern NSW.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

WA

Thu 13:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts

WA

Thu 14:20 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Karroun, Lockwood, Roe, Lakes, Fitzgerald Inland, Fitzgerald Coast, Esperance Coast and Esperance Inland

QLD

Thu 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

SA

Thu 15:30 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent & Upper West, Lower West and Upper South East coasts

SA

Thu 16:17 ACDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

NSW

Thu 16:05 AEDT

Gale Warning for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

TAS

Thu 16:05 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm, Channel & Far NW, CN, Upper E, Lower E, SE, SW & CW coasts

VIC

Thu 16:15 AEDT

Gale Warning for East Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Central and Central Gippsland coasts

NSW

Thu 16:46 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory

TAS

Thu 16:48 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for South East. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Midlands, Upper Derwent Valley & East Coast

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