Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 28/03 - 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 Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms over northern Cape York Peninsula and over the
south-east. Some clearing rain overnight about the south-east. Isolated showers
over the north-west of the state. Fine elsewhere. Light to moderate SE to NE
winds. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The shower and storm activity over the south-east will contract into the far
south-east tropics and onto the southern coast on Sunday before clearing late
Sunday as dry SW/S winds push through the area. These winds will then shift to
the S/SE on Monday and freshen as a ridge from a high over south-eastern
Australia extends along most of the east coast during Monday and Tuesday. These
S/Se winds will produce a few showers along the exposed coast south of Fraser
Island On Monday and along the exposed remaining coast on Tuesday. A few showers
will occur about the central tropics on Sunday triggered by the surface trough
and these showers will contract into the north-west of the state on Monday and
Tuesday. Over the far northern tropics a few showers and storms will occur over
northern Cape York Peninsula well into next week.     

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STAT News Service

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