Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 12/08 - 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 Monday night and Tuesday
Showers about the east coast, spreading over the eastern half of the state
during the afternoon. Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms over the
southeast interior. Fine elsewhere. Moderate to fresh S to SE winds along the
east coast, light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The high over south-eastern Australia will continue to move slowly eastwards and
reach the New Zealand area in the latter part of the week. This high will
maintain a ridge along most of the east coast for most of the week. This ridge
will direct a few showers and moderate to fresh SE winds onto the east coast
during this period. An upper trough will move across southern Queensland and
south-eastern Australia from Thursday onwards. As this system moves eastwards it
will initially help spread showers westwards across the interior. This system
will then form a cloud band with some patchy rain and isolated storms overnight
Wednesday and this band will then move eastwards on Thursday before weakening
and slipping out of the state on Friday. Only light to moderate rainfalls are
expected with this rain band, mainly with thunderstorms.
The ridge along the east coast will begin to decay from the south from Thursday
onwards as a frontal system moves into the west of the state and reaches eastern
coastal districts on Saturday. Drier and cooler SW/SE winds will follow the

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