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Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOW FRI SAT SUN MON

MinMax

Adelaide

16°C

28°C

Alice Springs

17°C

33°C

Brisbane

17°C

22°C

Broome

26°C

31°C

Cairns

19°C

28°C

Canberra

3°C

19°C

Darwin

26°C

31°C

Hobart

4°C

21°C

Melbourne

7°C

22°C

Perth

14°C

18°C

Sydney

13°C

19°C

National Summary

A trough and cold front bring showers & storms to southern WA and western SA. A low over the Tasman Sea is driving showers to eastern NSW, and feeding a trough over Qld which is triggering thunderstorms. Moist winds over the northern tropics will bring the odd shower or storm.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Location	Temperature MinMax		Rain ChanceAmount		Frost Risk	UV	Wind 9 am3 pm		Relative Humidity 9 am3 pm
Adelaide	16°C	28°C	50%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	8 - Very High	NE 16.9km/h	NNW 16.6km/h	27.0%	42.5%
Alice Springs	17°C	33°C	45%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	11.2 - Extreme	NE 13.0km/h	NW 16.2km/h	27.6%	42.0%
Brisbane	17°C	22°C	5%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	9.1 - Very High	SE 9.0km/h	ENE 8.3km/h	60.6%	75.7%
Broome	26°C	31°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12 - Extreme	W 18.4km/h	WNW 25.2km/h	67.8%	85.1%
Cairns	19°C	28°C	1%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.1 - Extreme	S 8.6km/h	E 13.3km/h	70.5%	83.4%
Canberra	3°C	19°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.7 - High	SSE 7.6km/h	NNW 11.2km/h	56.9%	74.1%
Darwin	26°C	31°C	6%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	12.7 - Extreme	NNW 5.4km/h	NNW 15.8km/h	66.6%	81.6%
Hobart	4°C	21°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	6.9 - High	N 11.2km/h	NNE 15.8km/h	49.5%	65.1%
Melbourne	7°C	22°C	0%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.3 - High	NNE 8.3km/h	N 19.4km/h	55.8%	75.8%
Perth	14°C	18°C	64%	5 - 10 mm	Nil	6.8 - High	WSW 21.6km/h	WSW 23.4km/h	61.7%	84.0%
Sydney	13°C	19°C	16%	0 - 5 mm	Nil	7.6 - High	WSW 13.0km/h	SSE 15.5km/h	59.7%	78.8%

Warnings

Thu 10:11 AWST

Sheep Graziers Warning for South West, South Coastal and South East Coastal

NSW

Thu 11:25 AEDT

Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Snowy Mountains

National

Thu 11:10 AEDT

Gale Warning 7 For Western And Southern Areas

Thu 07:26 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Perth Local Waters & Ningaloo, Perth, Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin, Albany and Esperance coasts

QLD

Thu 09:26 AEST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters

Thu 09:56 ACDT

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Far West and Upper West coasts

NSW

Thu 10:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Byron and Coffs coasts

VIC

Thu 10:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for East Gippsland Coast

TAS

Thu 10:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Far North West, Lower East, South East and Central West coasts

Thu 03:34 AWST

Fire Weather Warning for Burrup

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Warnings

News from across Australia

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Central Pacific Ocean exceeds 30°C for first time on record as El Niño strengthens

Australia’s tropical cyclone names for the 2026-27 cyclone season

Weekend of wild weather for NSW and Vic

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Australia’s tropical cyclone names for the 2026-27 cyclone season

Weekend of wild weather for NSW and Vic

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