Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 20/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

IDQ1070001
WARNING SUMMARY
No warnings. 
STATE FORECAST
for Friday
A few showers and thunderstorms extending in a band from the Gulf Country
through the central-east interior to the south-east. Mostly fine along the east
coast north of St Lawrence. Generally light to moderate E to NE winds along the
east coast. Moderate SE/SW winds over the central and western interior.  
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The ridge of high pressure and associated SE winds along the east coast will
weaken even further over the next day or so as the high near New Zealand
continues to move eastwards. The surface trough currently over the central
interior of Queensland  will continue to move slowly eastwards and extend from
the far north-west to the south-east corner today. Showers and storms are
expected in the vicinity of and to the east of this trough. At the same time an
upper trough will amplify across south-eastern Australia and this will enhance
the shower and storm activity over the south-east corner of the state today. 
The surface trough is then expected to remain virtually stationary through
eastern Queensland across the weekend with showers and storms to its east. In
the wake of the trough drier and cooler S'ly air will spread across the west of
the state circulating about a large high which will move slowly eastwards across
waters to the south of the continent.       

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STAT News Service

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