Showers across the east coast, mainly fine elsewhere

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Temperatures expected to climb for much of the country leading into the weekend.

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00:00Hello from the Bureau of Meteorology. Here's the national weather forecast for Thursday the 20th of February

00:06Let's see what's going on around the country and for many people

00:09It will be the last day of the cooler weather that we've been experiencing recently before

00:13Temperatures in the south start to climb again for Friday and the weekend minimal rain around Australia for Thursday

00:19But we will see showers across much of the East Coast and we will also see a little area of thunderstorms

00:25Maybe even some severe storms across inland and southern parts of Western Australia

00:30Let's go around the states now and most of Central and Eastern Queensland

00:35Can expect a couple of showers through the day on Thursday

00:38It's going to be a day where a lot of people get a little bit of rainfall

00:41The totals won't be large two to five millimeters

00:44Maybe a couple of spots picking up ten millimeters and in between each of those showers

00:48Should be some long bright sunny breaks as well

00:51The only spots really lining up for some slightly heavier falls of the far north of the peninsula and up around the Gulf of Carpentaria

00:58It's a similar story through New South Wales

01:01We're also anticipating some showery weather about and east of the mountain ranges and actually for New South Wales

01:07We could get some moderate totals around Sydney the Hunter District and up into the Mid North Coast as well

01:12Especially if you do live in those hills if you're west of the main mountain range

01:17It's going to be another dry sunny day and temperatures similar to the last few days

01:21Just a couple below average cloud cover across Canberra, especially through the morning a high of 24 there

01:27We have high pressure really digging in around Victoria and what that means is the morning will be cloudy in the south

01:34But sunny north of the ranges throughout the course of the day on Thursday. It will become sunny everywhere across the state

01:41So a nice bright afternoon and evening no matter where you are

01:43Temperatures still range quite a lot low 20s for many in the south below average there

01:48but high 20s or even 30 degrees in the north a

01:52Light shower or two for the west and south of Tasmania throughout the day on Thursday

01:56But the flip side of that token is that it will be dry in the north and in the east most places

02:02Getting into the low 20s

02:03But expect to see those numbers climbing over the next few days a little bit of cloud cover here and there

02:09But most of the afternoon should be nice and sunny for Launceston and Hobart

02:13Certainly will be a clear sunny day across South Australia with that high pressure further south

02:18Not really expecting much cloud or any rainfall across the state temperatures still a touch cooler than average

02:24But once again climbing towards the weekend

02:28Sunny weather across the west coast of the country including around Perth, but through the afternoon and evening

02:33We will see some showers and storms build around this dashed blue line

02:37That's a trough of low pressure

02:39The showers and storms most likely to impact the central wheat belt the great southern district and even down along parts of the south coast

02:46As well, we could even see some damaging wind gusts and some large hailstones coming out of those thunderstorms

02:51One or two showers and storms for inland parts of the Pilbara drier around the coast

02:56And a fairly benign day across northern Australia on Thursday as well

03:00We do have this tropical low here out to the northwest of the Kimberley that has a moderate chance of tropical cyclone

03:06Development over the next couple of days

03:08But if we see this tropical cyclone development occur

03:11Everything's going to be pushed further and further this way away from the country and even a tropical cyclone system won't have any impact

03:19on our weather leaving us with

03:20relatively settled conditions across

03:22Australia's north one or two showers or storms for most places in the top end the Kimberley looking really dry for Thursday and dry

03:29further south and for the nation's interior

03:31To see what the weekend ahead has in store find your longer-range forecast at the Bureau's website or on the BOM weather app

03:37Thanks for watching and have a nice day

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