Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 1/06 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
No warnings.
STATE FORECAST
for Tuesday night and Wednesday
Fine almost throughout at first. Just some isolated showers along the Tropical
Coast north of Cairns. A cloud band is expected to move into SW Queensland
during Wednesday with little or no rain. Early frost about SE parts this
morning. Light to moderate SW to SE winds.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The weakening high will move over southeast Queensland maintaining fine weather
conditions through most of the state. The next upper trough will begin to
amplify over central Australia during Wednesday. High cloud will increase with
little or no rain over the Channel Country.
On Thursday this cloud band will clear SW Queensland and move quickly eastwards
into the Maranoa, Warrego, Darling Downs, Granite Belt and the SE coast
districts. Expect little or no rain with this system and some possible
thunderstorms near the New South Wales border. The possible thunderstorms are
owing to very cold pool of air in the middle levels of the atmosphere. This cold
pool drifts over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt on Friday and may cause some
afternoon thundery showers.
Following the cloud band a surface trough will develop offshore. At the same
time a strong high pressure system will move over southern NSW. The combination
of the two systems will bring drier SW to SE winds across the state on Friday.
Winds becoming fresh to strong S'lies over southern coastal waters in the

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