Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 14/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
Nil.
STATE FORECAST
for Saturday night and Sunday
Fine throughout apart from isolated showers over the far north Cape York
Peninsula. Moderate SE/E winds over the far northern tropics. Light to moderate
NE to NW winds elsewhere becoming fresh at times over southern districts before
a gusty SW change spreading across the Channel Country tonight and then
throughout southern Queensland during Sunday.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Monday and Tuesday: The high over South Australia will extend a ridge into
southern Queensland and continue to push dry air over most of the state.
Isolated stream showers will continue over far northern Cape York Peninsula and
through Torres Strait and will spread southwards to about the Cairns area by
late in the day. Once again below average temperatures are expected over the
southern half of the state due to the light winds and clear skies. Early frost
areas are expected over the central, southern and south-east interior.
Wednesday: The high will move into the Tasman Sea maintaining a pressure
gradient along the tropical coast with fresh SE winds and isolated showers.
Winds over southern Queensland will once again turn warmer NE/NW ahead of the
next trough system moving near the far SW border in the evening. This will
result in increasing moisture over central and southern interior causing warmer
than average temperatures. Isolated showers may develop along the remaining east
coast due to the NE wind flow. The last of the morning frosts will occur over
the southern Downs on Wednesday morning.
Outlook for Thursday, Friday and Saturday: The high will move across
south-eastern Australia and across the Tasman Sea ahead of a new upper trough
which will move into central Australia. The new trough system will move
eastwards across the southern and southwest parts of the state on Thursday, and
then through the eastern parts of the state and off the coast by late Friday.
This trough will cause a cloud and rain band to develop over most of the state
from the north-west to the south-east corner during Thursday and Friday. The
cloud band will clear from western and south-west Queensland during Friday and
then move off the east coast on Friday night. Following the trough and cloud
band a new high will extend across southern Queensland bring drier S/SW winds.

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