Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 17/10 - 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 Wednesday
Fine throughout the state apart from isolated showers along the northeast
tropical coast. Light to moderate E to NE winds, fresh at times about the far
northeast coast. Warmer NE to NW winds developing over the interior during the
day ahead of a late SW change over the Channel Country.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Thursday: The high over the Tasman Sea will direct relatively moist air into the
eastern parts of the state, with the winds tending warmer northerly ahead of a
surface trough in the interior. The upper trough will remain near stationary to
the state's southwest, allowing the cloud band to build and patchy rain areas to
fall in the Channel Country and Maranoa and Warrego districts, though the falls
will be mainly light. The surface trough will move eastwards through the state's
interior, and showers or storms should extend from the southeast interior to the
northwest district. Isolated showers over the northeast tropics.
Friday: The surface trough will move over the southern coast during the morning
and into the northeast tropics by the evening. A new high will move over South
Australia and direct dry SW to SE winds across the state after the trough. At
the same time the upper trough will weaken as it moves seawards, and so the
patchy rain band should gradually weaken as it moves northwards across the
southeast and central areas of the state. Some isolated storms may also be
embedded in the rainband about the Central Highlands and Capricornia districts.
Further showers will occur over the eastern tropics northeast of the surface
trough, though they should be mainly isolated and light.
Saturday: The new high will move into and across southern Queensland, and the
rest of the rain band will clear late in the morning after producing some patchy
light rain about the central districts. Isolated and light showers again over
the northeast tropics in the moister air east of the surface trough, which
should lie through the tropical interior. The chance of some isolated morning
frost about the Granite Belt, and some patchy late rain in the far SW of the
state ahead of a new upper trough.
Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: A cloud band with patchy rain will move
into the southwest during Sunday and then across remaining southern and central
districts during Monday and Tuesday. Over the rest of the state conditions will
be fine apart from isolated and mainly light showers along the tropical east
coast and nearby inland areas.

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