Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 13/09 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

IDQ1070001
WARNING SUMMARY
Nil.
STATE FORECAST
for Thursday night and Friday
Some high cloud with little or no rain and local thunder over southern inland
border districts clearing the far southern coast early Friday. Fine elsewhere
apart from isolated showers about far northern Cape York Peninsula and through
Torres Strait and some morning fog patches about east coast districts between
Cooktown and Bundaberg. High to very high fire dangers about the southern
central and south-east inland areas. Moderate to fresh SE winds over the far
northern tropics. Light to moderate NE to NW winds elsewhere before a light to
moderate SW to SE wind change over the south-west and south-east interior
spreading across the south-east coast tonight and Friday morning.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The trough system over the south-east of the state will decay about the Central
Coast area of the state during Saturday morning as the high pressure cell moves
eastwards across the southern Coral Sea. Winds along the southern and central
coast will ease during Saturday morning and then shift to the NE along the
southern coast in the afternoon.
A new upper trough will move into central Australia on Saturday and then move
across south-eastern Australia on Sunday before clearing the coast on Monday
morning. This trough system will generate a cloud and weak rain band with storms
which will move across the southern border areas of Queensland on Sunday and
clear the far southern coast as well on Monday morning. A new surface front will
move into the state on Sunday and then across the south-east corner of the state
Monday afternoon. This front may trigger isolated showers and storms on Monday
afternoon about the south-east corner of the state. As this front moves
eastwards warm and gusty N to NW winds will develop and raise fire danger
ratings to at least the very high level.
Over the far north of the state the moderate to fresh SE trade flow will persist
and direct isolated showers onto far northern Cape York Peninsula and through
Torres Strait.
Daytime temperatures will remain above average well into next week. Night time
temperatures will drop below average over the south-east of the state on the
weekend. However, at other times and elsewhere throughout the state temperatures
will be above average. Some morning frosts will occur on the weekend about the
Darling Downs area while morning fogs will occur in most southern and central
coastal districts of the state into next week.

---

STAT News Service