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Forecast issued at 5:18 am AEST on Thursday 2 October 2025.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

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Snow
Min
1 °C
Max
6 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
7 to 20 mm
Chance of any rain:
100%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely from late this morning. Snow falling above 900 metres. Winds northwesterly 20 to 25 km/h turning west to southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h in the afternoon.

Fire Danger
Moderate

Sun protection recommended from 9:40 am to 2:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

Friday 3 October

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Showers
Min
2 °C
Max
7 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
2 to 8 mm
Chance of any rain:
95%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. Winds west to southwesterly 30 to 45 km/h.

Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate]

Saturday 4 October

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Cloudy
Min
0 °C
Max
15 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
0 mm
Chance of any rain:
30%

Overland Track area

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the morning. Winds westerly 15 to 25 km/h turning northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 2:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate]

Sunday 5 October

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Showers
Min
5 °C
Max
13 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
3 to 15 mm
Chance of any rain:
90%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h turning westerly during the afternoon.

Sun protection recommended from 10:20 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate]

Monday 6 October

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Snow
Min
0 °C
Max
5 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
1 to 9 mm
Chance of any rain:
90%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Snow falling above 1000 metres. Winds westerly 25 to 40 km/h decreasing to 20 to 25 km/h later.

Tuesday 7 October

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Showers
Min
1 °C
Max
5 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
4 to 25 mm
Chance of any rain:
90%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h during the morning.

Wednesday 8 October

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Showers
Min
2 °C
Max
6 °C
Precis
Possible rainfall:
1 to 20 mm
Chance of any rain:
80%

Overland Track area

Cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:20 pm AEST Thursday.

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