Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 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 Wednesday and Thursday
Fine almost throughout. Isolated light showers about the east tropical coast
north of Cardwell, extending south to the Whitsundays on Thursday. Some high
cloud spreading across the far south, but no rainfall. Generally warmer over the
interior. Moderate SE to E winds over the far northern tropics. Mostly light to
moderate NE to NW winds elsewhere.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The weather will remain fine over nearly all of the state through into next
week. A cold front will enter the southwest late on Thursday, progressing
eastwards on Friday, and then move off the southern coast on Saturday. The
associated upper trough will generate a band of high cloud, possibly producing
some very light rain about the southern border during Friday, before clearing
offshore on Saturday. Warm N to NW winds will precede this change and lead to
increasing fire dangers over southern districts. In the wake of the front a new
high will move slowly into southeastern Australia. Isolated showers will occur
along parts of the east tropical coast during Thursday and Friday but this
activity will contract northwards onto Cape York Peninsula during Saturday as
the onshore flow weakens from the south.
The new high will dominate the weather across the state from Saturday onwards as
it moves only slowly eastwards. Conditions will remain dry in most areas with
temperatures near or slightly below average. Frosts will return to the southeast

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