Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Clear skies
Adelaide

13°C

25°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

10°C

28°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

18°C

29°C

Clear skies
Broome

25°C

32°C

Severe thunderstorms
Cairns

24°C

28°C

Clear skies
Canberra

6°C

21°C

Clear skies
Darwin

25°C

34°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

11°C

19°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

13°C

25°C

Clear skies
Perth

13°C

27°C

Clear skies
Sydney

14°C

26°C

National Summary

Enhanced tropical moisture and an unstable air mass are causing showers & thunderstorms over north & west Qld & the eastern Top End. An unstable air mass over western and inland WA is triggering showers & storms. A cold front bring gusty showers & storms to Tas & Vic.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

WA

Thu 19:01 AWST

Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Bunbury Geographe, Leeuwin and Albany coasts

TAS

Thu 18:45 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Western, U Derwent, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands & East Coast

TAS

Thu 18:45 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South East & Western, U Derwent, NW Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands & East Coast

NSW

Thu 18:26 AEST

Hazardous Surf Warning for Saturday for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra coasts

VIC

Thu 18:25 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for West, Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts

TAS

Thu 18:25 AEST

Gale Warning Banks Strait & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Derwent, Channel & CN, Lower East, South East & South West coasts

SA

Thu 17:55 ACST

Cancellation of Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast

NSW

Thu 18:25 AEST

Gale Warning for Friday for Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

NSW

Thu 16:54 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Friday for Snowy Mountains

TAS

Thu 16:53 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Friday for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

ELDERS NEWS

News from across Australia

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Darwin heading for hottest day of the year

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Heavy rain in diagonally opposite corners of Australia

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Remnants of Cyclone Maila to drench Queensland

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