Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

15°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

11°C

23°C

Fair
Brisbane

14°C

23°C

Clear skies
Broome

18°C

27°C

Fair
Cairns

19°C

25°C

Heavy rain
Canberra

8°C

13°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Cloudy
Hobart

8°C

15°C

Rain
Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Rain showers
Perth

9°C

17°C

Cloudy
Sydney

15°C

22°C

National Summary

Strong wind, rain & storms are impacting southern SA, Tas & Vic with a cold front. Showers over eastern NSW and southern Qld in unstable air. Onshore winds bring gusty showers to southwest WA and the northeastern Qld and the NT coast. Clear inland and northwest in a high.

State Forecasts

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Warnings

VIC

Thu 14:20 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Thu 14:20 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland

VIC

Thu 13:45 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Mitta Mitta River

VIC

Thu 13:42 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Seven And Castle Creeks

TAS

Thu 13:36 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Macquarie River

VIC

Thu 12:56 AEST

Flood Watch For Parts Of Gippsland, North East And Central Victoria

TAS

Thu 12:42 AEST

Flood Watch For Northern Tasmania

VIC

Thu 11:51 AEST

Gale Warning for Port Phillip & West, Central and Central Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Western Port & East Gippsland Coast

TAS

Thu 11:50 AEST

Gale Warning for Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Island & Far North West, Central North & Upper East coasts

SA

Thu 11:20 ACST

Gale Warning for Investigator Strait & Central, South Central, Upper South East & Lower South East coasts

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