Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

NOWFRISATSUNMON
MinMax
Rain showers
Adelaide

11°C

14°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

6°C

19°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

11°C

22°C

Mostly cloudy
Broome

18°C

31°C

Fair
Cairns

17°C

27°C

Rain
Canberra

6°C

10°C

Clear skies
Darwin

22°C

31°C

Rain
Hobart

8°C

12°C

Cloudy
Melbourne

11°C

14°C

Clear skies
Perth

7°C

19°C

Fair
Sydney

12°C

19°C

National Summary

A deep low is moving further east over the Tasman Sea, maintaining strong winds and showers across Vic, eastern NSW and Tas, falling as snow in alpine areas. Showers also affect southern WA and southern SA in a S/SW’ly flow behind the low.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

Warnings

QLD

Thu 15:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters

TAS

Thu 14:42 AEST

Minor Flood Warning For The Huon River

TAS

Thu 12:41 AEST

Initial Minor Flood Warning For St Pauls River And South Esk River

QLD

Thu 12:12 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

QLD

Thu 12:12 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) for parts of Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt

TAS

Thu 11:16 AEST

Gale Warning for Far North West & Upper East coasts

NSW

Thu 11:16 AEST

Gale Warning for Hunter and Eden coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Byron, Coffs, Macquarie, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans coasts

VIC

Thu 11:13 AEST

Gale Warning for Port Phillip, Western Port & West, Central and East Gippsland coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Central Gippsland Coast

NSW

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

NSW

Thu 10:59 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & Mid N Coast, South Coast, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, Snowy Mtns, N Tablelands & Hunter

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