Storms persist across east and south coasts

Showers and thunderstorms in parts of south and east while hot and dry conditions continue in the central areas.

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00:00G'day from the Bureau with your national weather forecast around the country for Wednesday the 8th

00:06of January. Now it's pretty quiet for this time of year but as always there's still some weather

00:10going on. Firstly we've got showers and thunderstorms across southeastern parts of WA

00:15while it's pretty hot and dry for elsewhere. Hot and dry the name of the game through central and

00:20southeastern parts of the country on Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms continuing though

00:25through parts of New South Wales and Queensland and across our tropical north. Very typical for

00:30this time of year but let's have a closer look around the grounds. Firstly in Queensland we're

00:36looking at very hot conditions across western parts of Queensland with temperatures into the

00:42low 40s. Showers and thunderstorms continuing across our tropical north. Pretty dry though for

00:47central and southern coastal areas but showers and thunderstorms likely through our southern inland

00:51Darling Downs and may even get into southeast Queensland as well. Brisbane possible late

00:56shower and 29 degrees. Then moving down the coast into New South Wales. Pretty similar conditions

01:02with hot sunny weather through western parts of the state. Maybe the chance of a shower or

01:06thunderstorm west of the ranges but the main focus will be rain and thunderstorms across eastern and

01:12northeastern parts of New South Wales. Could see heavy falls though around the mid-north down into

01:17the Hunter and possibly north of Sydney as well so watch out for that. Sydney looking at showers and

01:2224 degrees. Canberra cloudy and 23 as those onshore flow keeps cooler conditions on the east coast.

01:29Then as we move down into Victoria a different story. Warm, hot and sunny for much of the state

01:35on Wednesday with very dry conditions expected. Probably windy about coastal areas but

01:40elsewhere it should be a dry and sunny day. 29 with lots of sunshine in Melbourne. Dry and sunny

01:47will also be the story for Tasmania on Wednesday with temperatures in the low to mid-20s with lots

01:52of sunshine with just a few clouds here and there. Hobart looking at 24 degrees with lots of sunshine.

01:58Sunshine will also be the name of the game in South Australia with hot and sunny day right

02:03across the state. High 30s in the north, low to mid 30s in the south. Adelaide looking at a sunny 32

02:09degrees. Then moving into WA on Wednesday. Those showers and thunderstorms through southern and

02:15southeastern areas continuing with pretty hot temperatures inland. Getting to the low 40s across

02:20our Pilbara with afternoon showers and storms and on the west coast staying dry and mild to warm.

02:2529 degrees with lots of sunshine in Perth. Then finally across our tropical north just continuing

02:31the daily hit and miss shower and thunderstorm activity from the Cape York, Top End and across

02:36the Kimberley. Staying hot through southern parts of the NT with temperatures in the 40s and showers

02:41and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening across the Top End and Kimberley looking at 34

02:46with an afternoon shower or storm in Darwin. As always you can get the latest forecasts

02:51and warnings for your area via our website and app.