Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 24/03 - 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 Tuesday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over most northern and eastern districts,
increasing on eastern Cape York Peninsula during Tuesday. Fine in the west.
Generally light to moderate SE to NE winds. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The inland surface trough is expected to drift west of a line Normanton to
Longreach to Charleville during Tuesday, and then remain over western Queensland
until at least Friday. A band of afternoon and night showers and thunderstorms
will continue to the near east of the trough with the main activity over the
southern half of the state. Mostly fine weather is expected further east, and
fine weather will continue west of the inland trough. 
A narrow ridge of high pressure building along the east coast will produce a
slow freshening of coastal SE winds during Tuesday and Wednesday. The moist SE
winds are likely to bring isolated showers to the coast and nearby ranges. A
weak disturbance moving west across the Coral Sea could cause increasing showers
and thunderstorms over northern Cape York Peninsula on Tuesday, continuing until
late in the week.  

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STAT News Service

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