Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 19/10 - 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 Friday
Isolated showers over the eastern tropics with isolated afternoon thunderstorms
inland. Cool and cloudy with patchy rain areas over western and southern
districts, clearing from the southern interior during the day and southeast
coast tonight. Moderate to fresh SE to NE winds over the northern tropics.
Mostly moderate SW to SE winds elsewhere.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Saturday: A high will move into and across far southern Queensland, while the
patchy rain band will weaken over central parts of the state during the morning.
A surface trough will persist over the tropical interior, with isolated mostly
light showers to the northeast of the trough. A new upper trough moving into the
Great Australian Bight will extend high cloud and patchy rain into southwestern
Queensland at night. A cooler morning in the south with the chance of some
isolated morning frost about the southeast interior.
Sunday: The new upper trough moves east over the Great Australian Bight,
extending a rain band with possible local thunder over the southern interior of
Queensland. A surface trough enters the northern Channel Country in the
afternoon. Isolated showers over central and northeastern parts of the state in
the warm, moist NE'ly flow ahead of the surface trough. Fine elsewhere. The high
will move east into the Coral Sea, strengthening SE'ly winds over the far
northern tropical coast. A cold morning over the southeastern interior with
widespread early frosts. A warm day over northwestern parts of the state due to
N'ly winds.
Monday: The upper trough moves into southeastern Australia, extending the rain
band further east over southern Queensland. The surface trough moves into
central parts of the state during the day, with isolated showers continuing in
the moist NE to NW flow to its northeast. A warmer morning across the state due
to cloud cover or N'ly winds. Warmer than average daytime temperatures
continuing in the north.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: The rain band will contract into
the southeastern corner of the state by Tuesday and clear. Another trough will
approach southwestern Queensland on Tuesday and extend a patchy rain band east
over southern parts of the state late Tuesday and Wednesday, contracting north
into central parts on Thursday. Mostly fine conditions persisting through the
tropics with only isolated light showers along the tropical east coast and
nearby inland areas.

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