Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

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National Summary

Moist and unstable winds are triggering thunderstorms over parts of northern Qld, the NT, eastern WA and western SA, some intense. Onshore winds around a high are driving a few showers into western Tas, northeast NSW and eastern Qld. The high keeps the southeast dry and settled.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

Positive IOD declared, but Australia may avoid its typical dry influence

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) was declared this week by the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Alice Springs has been wetter this year than Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart

Alice Springs received 41 mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9 am this Thursday, thanks to storms that began late on Wednesday afternoon.

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Heaviest Darwin rain since April as wet season build-up escalates

Darwin recorded its first double-digit daily rainfall total since April in the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday.

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Smoke from New Guinea fires reaches northern Australia

A large plume of smoke originating from seasonal fires burning in New Guinea has drifted over the Northern Territory's Top End this week.

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