Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 8/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
1. Flood warnings are current for the Weir.
2. A strong wind warning is current for coastal waters between Sandy Cape and
Point Danger for today, extending north to Mackay for Saturday.
STATE FORECAST
for Friday night and Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms over most of the tropics, extending SE into rain areas
over the eastern and southern interior. Showers generally about the east coast.
Moderate to heavy falls developing over the Wide Bay, Burnett and northern
Darling Downs tonight. Little change over the state for Saturday apart from
easing rainfall over the SE region. Moderate to fresh SE winds across the
tropics, fresh to strong SE winds developing about the SE and Capricorn coasts.
Moderate E/SE winds over the interior.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Sunday: A near stationary, intense high over the southern Tasman Sea will
maintain the strong SE winds along most of the QLD coast. Showers over eastern
districts, thunderstorms in a belt from the tropics to the Channel Country as
the inland trough drifts west.
Monday:  An upper level low over western QLD will drift towards the Central
Highlands shifting the thunderstorm belt further east. Showers generally over
the remainder of QLD.
The outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: The upper level low clears the
coast for Tuesday and this ends the thunderstorms over the interior,
thunderstorms will continue however in the tropics on the west coast of Cape
York Peninsular. Isolated showers over the interior and showers generally about
the east coast. The southern Tasman Sea high starts to weaken with strong winds
confined to the central coast. By Wednesday, showers clearing over the southern
interior but persisting in the west. Strong winds easing on the central coast.
The next surface trough enters the west with increasing showers, Fine over the
eastern interior. Showers decreasing about the east coast.

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STAT News Service