Fast-flowing jetstream air currents have shifted further southwards, dragging rain-bearing weather away from Australia.

Locally, the risk for a severe thunderstorm is lower, but a rumble of thunder or two will be possible as a complex of weakening storms will move towards the region late Thursday into Friday.

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