Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 1/07 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
Nil.
STATE FORECAST
for the rest of Tuesday and Wednesday
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms in a band from the southern Gulf
of carpentaria to the southern inland. Showers along the east coast. Fine
elsewhere. Moderate to fresh SE/E winds along the east coast shifting light to
moderate NE/N over the inland.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The high over the far southern Tasman Sea will move only slowly eastwards while
weakening but will still maintain a firm ridge along the east coast into the
weekend. This ridge will direct moderate to fresh SE winds and showers into most
east coast districts into the weekend. A low pressure system will likely develop
over the south-eastern Coral Sea during Friday and Saturday and will increase
the SE winds and showers about the coast south from Fraser Island. Over the
interior of the state an upper ridge near the far western border will keep
conditions fine or almost fine into the weekend. At best only isolated showers
and thunderstorms will occur around the southern Gulf of Carpentaria area. A new
upper trough will move into south-eastern Australia over the weekend and will
produce a rain and storm band over the far south-west on Saturday. This band
will move into the southern interior on Sunday. At this stage any precipitation

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