Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 25/03 - 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 the rest of Wednesday and Thursday
Rain areas and thunderstorms over northern Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers
about the east coast and southeast inland. Mostly fine elsewhere with showers
and storms in a band from the south-east Gulf of Carpentaria to the southern
interior. Moderate to fresh SE winds along the east coast. Light to moderate SE
to NE winds inland.  
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The surface trough will generally hover over the over the interior state into
the weekend and continue to generate showers and thunderstorms to its near east.
This activity will increase on Thursday and extend across south-east Queensland
on Friday and Saturday as an upper trough sweeps across south-east Australia and
moves off the coast on Saturday. West of the trough fine conditions will
continue. 
The ridge of high pressure along the east coast will continue into the weekend.
This ridge will direct moderate to fresh SE winds along most of the east coast,
easing a little from late Thursday onwards. These winds will bring isolated
showers into east coast districts. A weak disturbance over Cape York Peninsula
will continue to move westwards and clear most of the activity from this area by
Friday.   

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STAT News Service

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