Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

23°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

20°C

35°C

Fair
Brisbane

22°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

29°C

33°C

Mostly cloudy
Cairns

24°C

30°C

Clear skies
Canberra

7°C

26°C

Thunderstorms
Darwin

27°C

30°C

Rain showers
Hobart

8°C

14°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

12°C

16°C

Fair
Perth

20°C

38°C

Rain showers
Sydney

16°C

23°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 01:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Leeuwin, Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts

SA

Thu 03:40 ACDT

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

SA

Thu 04:01 ACDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for Mount Lofty Ranges

TAS

Thu 04:00 AEDT

Gale Warning for Lower East & South East coasts

NSW

Thu 04:12 AEDT

Hazardous Surf Warning for Macquarie, Hunter and Sydney coasts

NSW

Thu 04:25 AEDT

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

VIC

Thu 04:28 AEDT

Sheep Graziers Warning for North Central, North East, Central and East Gippsland

TAS

Thu 04:30 AEDT

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

VIC

Thu 04:38 AEDT

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

NSW

Thu 04:40 AEDT

Gale Warning Eden. Strong Wind Warning Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra & Batemanss. Cancelled Sydney Enclosed Waters

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