Storms and cyclone activity bringing unstable conditions to coastal regions

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Large waves in the east, storms in the west, and a tropical cyclone off Western Australia.

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00:00Hello it's Angus here at the Bureau of Meteorology checking out the weather forecast for Thursday

00:05the 17th of April heading in towards that long weekend and while much of the country

00:09will enjoy fine settled warm weather before Easter there's certainly some things to look

00:14at on the weather map firstly out here over the east if I just get out of the way this deep nasty

00:18looking low pressure area that was a tropical cyclone tropical cyclone Tam it is no longer a

00:24tropical cyclone but still a powerful weather system a little closer to home we've got tropical

00:28cyclone Errol which is not far off of the Kimberley coast by Thursday but across mainland Australia

00:34it's dry weather for the most part except for this colder air moving across southern parts of

00:40WA bringing showers and thunderstorms down there let's do the flyover for all of the states starting

00:45in Queensland it is actually going to be a lovely day up here clear dry sunny not particularly warm

00:50for this time of year near seasonal maximum temperatures very little rain anywhere across

00:55the state just a few showers in the very far north here we will be seeing some gusty winds along exposed

01:01parts of the southeast coast and those winds could also generate some large waves across those southeast

01:06coastal waters a few showers are anticipated around the coastal fringe of New South Wales on Thursday

01:13but if you live more than about 10 kilometers away from the ocean very little chance that you'll get

01:17rainfall for Thursday and even those places that do it's likely just going to be a couple of millimeters

01:23further west it's going to be a clear and sunny day for all of these locations one major watch point is

01:29going to be the coastal conditions along the water thanks to that big low pressure area to the east we

01:35expect some large waves to impact the east coast of the country so if you're heading down to the beach

01:40out on the boat maybe surfing it is definitely worth checking out the hazardous surf and the coastal

01:46hazard warnings for eastern parts of New South Wales temperatures are a little warm for the time of year

01:51but we're seeing that classic daily temperature swing which we do associate with autumn take Canberra

01:56for example a chilly four degree start but a warm 24 degree afternoon it's another sunny clear hot day

02:04for Victoria temperatures continue to be way above average for the time of year high 20s low 30s across

02:10the state and actually a few more days like that as well at least the first half of the long weekend

02:14before it's a shift to cooler cloudier and perhaps wetter conditions on Sunday

02:20we'll have mild temperatures throughout Tasmania cloudy skies though for much of the day

02:25and those cloudy skies will bring a few light showers here or there across the state and honestly

02:29those showers could hit almost anywhere but even when they do arrive they're going to be fleeting

02:34and move through pretty quickly only at low chance of showers for Hobart they've got a high of 22

02:39and we go a couple of degrees above that in Launceston at 24. We could wake up to some fog

02:45on Thursday morning for South Australia that'll melt away pretty quickly as the sun comes out

02:49and then it's more of the same really warm mostly clear and mostly sunny as well perhaps a little bit

02:56more cloud there compared to recent days Adelaide will be a touch cooler than where it's been sitting

03:00so far this week with a high of 26 but there's still 30 degrees through parts of the Murraylands and in

03:05the state's north a widespread thunderstorm risk is expected across southern parts of WA during

03:11Thursday probably not hitting Perth or the southwest coast but a little bit inland around the Wheatbelt

03:17the Great Southern the Goldfields and down to the south and southeast coasts all of those places could

03:21see storms maybe severe thunderstorms which could bring some pockets of heavy rainfall which may lead

03:27to areas of flooding but if you don't get those really heavy rains then it will be welcome wet weather

03:32across agricultural areas further north it is going to be dry and sunny across the Pilbara

03:37but certainly worth paying attention to what's going on over the water because we've got the

03:41tropical cyclone to the north which could be a severe category three tropical cyclone by Thursday

03:47it is forecast to do a bit of a u-turn as well and start heading back towards that WA coast

03:51potentially weakening as it does so but certainly a weather system to watch heading into Easter weekend

03:58elsewhere across Australia's north it feels like the tail end of the wet season actually

04:01because we've got some slightly drier air pushing across most of these areas not a lot of rainfall

04:07on the map a few storms possible around Arnhem Land and of course watching what's going on here

04:12north of Broome with tropical cyclone Errol even though it will be offshore during Thursday not

04:17really impacting the country's weather speaking of Easter let's just start with a quick look at the

04:22long weekend good Friday's weather here will hold on to clear dry and sunny conditions across almost all of

04:28eastern Australia maybe the odd shower down around Hobart but temperatures are mild there some of the

04:33rain from the southwest will push in towards western Australia in towards south Australia excuse me but

04:39unfortunately no big rainfall totals there I know you would like a little bit of wet weather in that

04:43part of the country and of course we are monitoring what's going on with the tropical cyclone probably

04:47still offshore during Friday but getting quite close to the coast north of Broome to see the rest of the long

04:54weekend forecast find your location on the bureau's website or app thanks for watching have a great day

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