Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

16°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

13°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

13°C

28°C

Clear skies
Broome

23°C

29°C

Drizzle
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Rain
Canberra

8°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

23°C

30°C

Mostly cloudy
Hobart

8°C

14°C

Fair
Melbourne

11°C

16°C

Rain showers
Perth

13°C

19°C

Partly cloudy
Sydney

15°C

26°C

National Summary

Cold fronts are sending blustery winds & showers across southwest WA, southeast SA, Tas & Vic. Warm, gusty winds are blowing across the interior & NSW. Showers in the northern tropics, mainly about the coasts, are due to moist, unstable easterly winds.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

TAS

Thu 13:15 AEST

Initial Flood Watch For Parts Of The North, North East And North West Catchments And The River Derwent

VIC

Thu 12:39 AEST

Initial Flood Watch For Parts Of North And North East Victoria

VIC

Thu 11:08 AEST

Gale Warning for Central, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Gippsland Lakes & West Coast

TAS

Thu 10:51 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Upper Derwent Valley and South East

SA

Thu 10:19 ACST

Strong Wind Warning for Lower South East Coast. Cancellation for Investigator Strait & Central, South Central and Upper South East coasts

NSW

Thu 10:49 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Eden Coast

TAS

Thu 10:42 AEST

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

TAS

Thu 10:42 AEST

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

VIC

Thu 10:23 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Loddon River

TAS

Thu 10:00 AEST

Gale Warning Banks St & Franklin Sound, East of Flinders Is, Fred Hen Bay & Norfolks, Storm, SW Lakes & Far NW, CN, UE, L E, SE, SW

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