Australian Weather Forecast

For Thursday

MinMax

National Summary

A cloudband is bringing showers to southeast Qld and northeast NSW. Another cloudband and unstable airmass are generating rain across western WA, with showers and storms developing over southeast WA and western SA. Mostly dry elsewhere under ridges of high pressure.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Thursday

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Vast cloudband producing showers from Queensland to Tasmania

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Key ocean index hits Australian El Niño threshold

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Rare 20°C June forecast for Melbourne in unusually warm SE Australia winter spell

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