Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 22/03 - 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 night and Sunday
Rain and isolated thunderstorms over southern districts gradually contracting to
the southern tropics tomorrow. Scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms
over the northern tropics and Sunday afternoon over the southeast of the state.
Some moderate to locally heavy falls likely. Drizzle and fog over the southern
interior Sunday morning. Light to moderate winds. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The rain band over southern districts is expected to move up into the tropics
tomorrow as the upper trough develops and moves up into Queensland but the rain
is likely to mostly break up Monday even though the upper trough remains over
the central tropics. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected over
remaining tropical regions whilst a few showers or thunderstorms are likely to
persist over the southeast before spreading back across the central and southern
interior on Tuesday and Wednesday. Overnight and morning low cloud and drizzle 
are likely in the moist air following the rain. The surface low on the central
NSW coast is expected to move north and weaken whilst another low forms over the
central tropics on Monday. At this stage, the low is expected to remain overland
and not deepen significantly. This latter low will have the effect of increasing
the westerly monsoonal flow over northern Cape York Peninsula over the next few
days as well as generating scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms
over the northern and eastern tropics with some heavy falls. Easterly winds are
expected to develop back over the southeast on Monday  along with increasing
showers. 

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STAT News Service

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