Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 21/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

IDQ1070001
WARNING SUMMARY
Nil warnings.
STATE FORECAST
for Saturday
Cloudy over southern districts with shower and rain areas and local thunder.
Isolated to scattered showers and storms elsewhere. Winds mostly light to
moderate E to NE. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The high over the Tasman Sea will move only slowly eastwards and will continue
to drive humid NE winds into the state through the weekend and into next week.  
An upper trough will move through south-east Australia and into the south-east
tropics by late Sunday. This upper trough will help produce a cloud and rain
band across southern Qld today which will break up on Sunday as the trough over
runs it. This trough will then help trigger scattered to widespread showers and
storms over the southern tropics from Sunday onwards. The atmosphere over most
of the state  will remain very humid and unstable into next week so showers and
storms will also continue over most southern areas though here this activity
will be mostly isolated. A clearance will develop over the south-west on Sunday
and will then remain fine for a couple of days before showers and storms return
about mid-week. The monsoon trough will remain a feature well into next week and
will trigger further showers and storms over the far northern tropics.  

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STAT News Service

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