Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 11/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
Flood warnings are current for the Fitzroy, Warrego, Paroo, Alice and Barcoo
Rivers.
STATE FORECAST
for Wednesday
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms over most of the tropics and the
southeast. Fine over the southwest. Light to moderate SE to NE winds.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The high near New Zealand will move south-eastwards and will be replaced by a
new high in the Tasman Sea late on Thursday. The upper trough now over the state
will also move eastwards and will move out of the state on Wednesday. So the
band of rain and storms over most of the tropics and the east will clear on
Wednesday. However, in its wake a few showers and storms will persist over most
of the tropics and the SE inland. As the next high pushes into the Tasman Sea
the surface trough over New South Wales will move northwards. This will trigger
some showers and storms about southern border areas from Thursday onwards. The
high will build the ridge along most of the east coast during late Thursday and
Friday and consequently the showers and storms over the tropics will contract
into northern and western areas. Conditions over most of the west of the state
will remain quite humid and will gradually become hotter during the week as
winds turn more N'ly. The sultry conditions will continue over the northern
tropics.  

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STAT News Service

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