Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 17/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
No warnings.  
STATE FORECAST
for Monday night and Tuesday
Showers and isolated thunderstorms on northern Cape York Peninsula and
developing over the north-west of the state on Tuesday. A few showers along the
east coast and the south-east inland. Fine elsewhere. Fresh SE winds along the
east coast. Light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The high over the southern Tasman Sea is expected to strengthen as it moves
slowly to the New Zealand area by midweek. The high will direct moderate to
fresh SE winds and a few showers along the Queensland east coast. Onshore winds
should begin to ease from the south on Wednesday with showers contracting to the
far north tropical east coast late in the week. 
The trough over inland Queensland will drift westwards until midweek. This
trough will produce a band of afternoon and evening cloud on its eastern side,
but no significant showers are likely to result except about the north-west of
the state. The inland trough will merge with a front which will move into
western Queensland on Wednesday. The merged system will move slowly eastwards
across the interior of the state preceded by afternoon and evening showers or
thunderstorms. This system will move through southern coastal areas on Friday.  
The weakening monsoon trough will retreat north to Torres Strait by Wednesday, 
leaving only a few showers and thunderstorms over far northern Cape York
Peninsula.  

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STAT News Service

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