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Was Sydney's smoky morning necessary?

13:24 AEST Smoke from hazard reduction burns caused 'very poor' air quality in Australia's largest capital city during this morning's peak hour commute.
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Dry autumn for Murray-Darling

13:47 AEST With just over a month left until the end of autumn, it's shaping up to be a very dry season for most of the Murray-Darling Basin.
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Hanging your laundry out to dry

09:55 AEST There are several things to consider when deciding whether to hang your clothes outside to dry.
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ANZAC Day forecast

11:33 AEST What will the weather be like for dawn services and ANZAC Day marches in Australia's capital cities? Brisbane will be dry with light winds at dawn and the day should stay rain-free, with only the slight chance of a light shower or two.
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Another April heat record in Adelaide

07:20 AEST South Australia's run of late season heat has broken another record in Adelaide.
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Wet and windy day ahead for northeast NSW

15:26 AEST Northeast NSW will receive a bust of rain, wind and storms this week as a low pressure system forms over the Tasman Sea.
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Perth still thirsty after weekend storms

11:27 AEST Perth received its heaviest rain since mid-January on the weekend, although it wasn't enough to make up for the city's rainfall deficit of the last few months.
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Unseasonable warmth continuing for South Australia

16:56 AEST A slow moving airmass and mostly sunny skies has brought well above average temperatures to much of SA, and will continue to on Monday.
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Dousing for southwest WA

13:21 AEST A strong frontal system is bringing some heavy falls of rain to southwest parts of Western Australia.
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Dry end to the wet season for the Top End

15:19 AEST A generally healthy wet season across the Northern Territory's Top End is having a very dry April to finish it off.
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East coast rain and storm update

16:45 AEST Heavy rain, thunderstorms and damaging winds are all possible in parts of eastern Australia next week.
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Wet weekend for parched Perth

12:02 AEST Perth may see its best rain since January this weekend as a burst of showers, blustery winds and storms affect southwestern parts of WA.
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Potential rain and storms for east coast next week

14:23 AEST Heavy rain and thunderstorms may affect parts of Australia's east coast next week.
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Storms strike NSW

13:12 AEST Thunderstorms have developed over central and northern NSW and are likely to affect parts of Sydney this afternoon.
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Chilly start in Victoria

18:07 AEST Melbourne just had its coldest morning in seven months and parts of Victoria saw their first frost of the season.
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Record April heat gripping NSW

09:41 AEST Autumn has been delayed across much of Australia this year, with NSW experiencing unseasonably hot weather during the first half of April.
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Dam levels dropping after string of dry months in Sydney

11:57 AEST Sydney's water supply is at its lowest level since at least 2011 after the city's driest start to April on record.
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Deceptively dry start to the year in Perth

17:47 AEST It may come as a surprise that Perth is having one of its wettest starts to a year in recent decades.
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Impressive weekend of weather in Australia's southeast

13:03 AEST A series of strong cold fronts caused a mixed bag of remarkable weather across Australia's southeast during the weekend.
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Stormy skies on the horizon for parts of NSW

18:05 AEST Thunderstorm activity will increase across central and eastern parts of the state from Thursday.
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Wild weather sticking around for Tasmania

14:07 AEST A cold front has just brought damaging winds, rain and snow to Tasmania, with another front hot on its trails.
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Cold fronts bringing snow to the southeast highlands

14:00 AEST A pair of vigorous cold fronts are currently lashing parts of Australia's southeast, and alongside damaging wind gusts, snow is falling over the highest areas of Tasmania and Victoria, with New South Wales not far off.
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Cold fronts rip through the southeast

10:30 AEST Wild winds whipped up by a series have cold fronts have brought wind gusts in excess of 100km/h across four states.
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More April records tumble as heat targets NSW

16:23 AEST Sydney broke another April heat record on Thursday as temperatures soared across NSW.
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How do meteorologists forecast the weather

11:52 AEST Checking the weather forecast is part of most people's daily routine.
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More rain possible from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Iris

15:06 AEST The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Iris may bring a burst of rain to northern Queensland this weekend.
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Heat ending in Adelaide, rain on the way

11:44 AEST A record-breaking spell of April heat will come to an end in Adelaide tonight as a cool change sweeps across the city.
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Fire bans on Wednesday

20:41 AEST Total fire bans have been issued in parts of South Australia and western Victoria on Wednesday.
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What's causing this record April heat?

12:49 AEST An unseasonably hot air mass is breaking April records across parts of southern and eastern Australia this week.
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Troughs and fronts bringing a mixed week in the south

13:50 AEST A series of troughs and cold fronts will pass across southern Australia this week, with the troughs bringing unseasonable heat followed by cold fronts dragging the mercury back down.
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Commonwealth Games Weather

13:49 AEST The Commonwealth Games are now well underway in the Gold Coast so what's in store weatherwise.
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Heat remains in Canberra over the next few days

13:25 AEST Over this weekend and into next week Canberra is likely to continue to see some unseasonably warm temperatures.
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Summer-like weekend in Adelaide

13:28 AEST It's going to be an unusually warm April weekend in Adelaide.
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Was Sydney's smoky morning necessary?

13:24 AEST Smoke from hazard reduction burns caused 'very poor' air quality in Australia's largest capital city during this morning's peak hour commute.