Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 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
No warnings.
STATE FORECAST
for Wednesday
Fine over most of the state, apart from isolated showers about far northern Cape
York Peninsula. Chilly morning over the SE interior with some light frost
possible about higher parts of the Darling Downs. Mostly light winds and
afternoon coastal seabreezes, tending moderate SE to E over the far north.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
A series of weakening upper troughs will produce pulses of high cloud into the
far southwest, but very little if any rainfall is expected due to the dry air in
the low levels. The main upper trough and its associated surface cold front will
move east from far southwestern Queensland on Thursday morning to lie from the
Longreach area to the southeast coast by late Friday into Saturday morning.
Although this system will induce some weak instability over the southeast corner
on Friday afternoon, it appears that the airmass will be too dry to support any
shower or thunderstorm activity.
Daytime temperatures to the east of the front will climb to well above average
for the time of year, reaching the mid to high 30s through the central west and
northwest, but should then drop to only slightly above average following the
frontal passage. Winds will freshen a little about the far north during
Wednesday as a weak trough moves west across the Coral Sea. In the far south,
winds will also freshen and tend northerly as the front approaches on Thursday
and Friday. A relatively weak southerly change should reach waters south of
about Fraser Island on Saturday, and this may be accompanied by a few coastal

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