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Thick cloud over eastern NSW and QLD in a deepening low pressure trough is bringing showers and thunderstorms. Cloud in the north and west with a series of troughs is producing showers and storms. Skies are clearer over SA, VIC and TAS under a ridge of high pressure.

In the news

  1. Melbourne's summer scorcher-free

    Melbourne avoids any scorching 40-degree days this summer, but forecasters say warm weather will continue into autumn.

  2. Farmers plea for relief funds

    Flood-affected farmers in the Ravensthorpe shire say the West Australian Government does not understand the scale of the damage.

  3. Call for heatwave policy

    The lack of a consistent policy for dealing with heatwaves in Australian schools is leaving children vulnerable to heat exposure, Dr Brendon Hyndman writes.

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Posted November 15, 2013 15:10:10

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