Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 13/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
Flood warnings for the Dumaresq and Macintyre Rivers.
STATE FORECAST
for Tuesday
Isolated showers about the NE tropical coast. Some patchy light rain areas over
southern and SE interior in the morning. Isolated afternoon showers and
thunderstorms developing over the central and SE interior, possibly extending to
the SE coast and inland parts of Capricornia and Wide Bay and Burnett districts
in the evening. Fine over the remainder of the state. Moderate to fresh SE winds
across the tropics, moderate N/NE winds over the interior generally. A cooler
SW/S change moving east across southern and western Queensland.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Wednesday: The surface trough will move slowly northwards along the southern
coast and reach the Capricornia in the late afternoon while remaining near
stationary across the tropics. Isolated showers will develop on and near the
trough during the afternoon over the Capricorn and north Central Highlands
districts. Isolated showers will persist on the NE tropical coast. The inland
component of the trough will also enter the southern Gulf.
Thursday: The surface trough will stall over the southern tropics and the
Capricorn coast. Once again isolated showers will form along the trough in the
afternoon over the central interior. High cloud will stream into southern QLD
ahead of the next upper level trough with rain areas developing in the far west.
Isolated afternoon showers again on the old trough on the central coast and
inland. Isolated showers continuing in the NE tropics.
The outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: The upper trough will slowly
eastwards and amplify during this period. So the cloud and rain band will spread
across most areas of the state. Initially, only a little rain will occur but as
the system amplifies and nears the south-west of the state the cloud will
thicken with the rain increasing. Indications are that at least moderate falls
will develop over the central interior on Saturday and Sunday.

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