Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 14/03 - 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 Thomson River.  
STATE FORECAST
for Saturday night and Sunday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over The Cape York and northern
Gulf country, fine in the far north. Isolated showers about the east coast with
SE winds. By Sunday additional cold air aloft over SE QLD will generate showers
and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Little change over the remainder. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The monsoon trough is expected to move north over Cape York Peninsula with a
contraction of the thunderstorms. SE stream showers to replace thunderstorms
about the Tropical coast. Showers continuing about the east coast as SE winds
freshen. This is in response to the increasing high pressure ridge about the
east coast. The inland trough will drift west but produce no weather. Eventually
by Wednesday a new trough approaches from the west merging with the QLD trough.
The coastal ridge of higher pressure weakens with decreasing SE winds and
showers.  

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STAT News Service

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