Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

MinMax

National Summary

Showers & storms, some intense, are scattering across Qld, northern NSW, the NT & the WA Kimberley in a broad trough. Fronts are bringing bursts of brisk winds & showers to coastal NSW & southwest WA. A high is keeping much of SA, Tas, Vic, southern NSW & the ACT dry.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

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News from across Australia

Welcome soaking for parched parts of central and eastern Qld

Significant rainfall totals have already been recorded in parts of Queensland which have seen very little rainfall since early autumn, and more wet weather is set to arrive in coming days.

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El Niño approaching record strength as Pacific subsurface water reaches 12°C above average

A large pool of exceptionally warm water lying beneath the surface of the tropical Pacific Ocean could push El Niño to record-breaking strength in the coming months.

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Overnight Sydney deluge delivers 100 mm to some suburbs

Parts of Sydney received extremely heavy rainfall overnight with more than 100 mm recorded at a weather station in the city's north, while falls of more than 50 mm were recorded at locations from the northern suburbs of Wollongong up to the Central Coast.

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Rain and thunderstorms spread across NSW and Queensland

Wet and stormy weather is spreading across eastern Australia this Tuesday, October 13, bringing welcome rain to parts of NSW and Queensland along with a risk of severe storms into the evening.

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