Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 15/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

IDQ1070001
WARNING SUMMARY
Flood warning current for the Thomson River.  
STATE FORECAST
for Sunday
Showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern tropics. Isolated showers
about the east coast. A few showers and thunderstorms developing in the
southeast during the afternoon. Fine over the interior. Mostly light to moderate
SE to NE winds. 
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 increasing about the east coast on Monday as
SE winds freshen. This is in response to the strengthening high pressure ridge
along 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

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STAT News Service

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