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Adelaide
possible thunderstorm
 18/28 
mostly sunny
Alice Springs
 17/38 
mostly sunny
Brisbane
 20/33 
Broome
sunny
 24/33 
mostly cloudy
Cairns
 23/31 
Canberra
possible shower
 14/28 
late thunder
Darwin
 26/33 
Hobart
drizzle
 14/16 
showers increasing
Melbourne
 19/27 
Perth
mostly sunny
 9/25 
thunderstorms clearing
Sydney
 21/34 
mostly sunny
Townsville
 23/31 

forecast summary current national summary

A trough is generating heavy rain and storms over eastern SA, VIC and western NSW. A front is bringing a burst of strong, cool southwesterlies and light showers to southern WA. Warm northerly winds are affecting areas just to the east of both troughs.

current extremes current extremes

Hottest
40.9°C
Coldest
10.6°C
Windiest
NNE 62km/h
Wettest
Forbes Ap, NSW/ACT
10.4mm last hr
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Unseasonably heavy rain swamps dusty interior

Thu 17:01 EDT A large area of the country's interior and south is receiving its heaviest rain in years turning recently dusty ground into slushy mud.

Look out for whopping storms!

Thu 15:50 EDT Huge thunderstorms are bringing heavy rain and damaging winds to a large area of southeastern Australia and there's more to come.

Rainstorms cause transport chaos

ABC image Thu 15:24 EDT Melbourne and parts of north-eastern Victoria have been hit by severe storms.

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