MELBOURNE - Oct 16/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
IDQ1070001 WARNING SUMMARY 1. Flood warnings are current for the Barcoo, Lower Condamine, Balonne, Macintyre, Dumaresq, Weir and Brisbane Rivers. STATE FORECAST for the rest of Sunday and Monday Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers along the tropical coast, developing inland in the afternoon. Fine, cool and dry elsewhere. Light to moderate S to SE winds, tending fresh about the north coast. EXTENDED OUTLOOK Tuesday: A high will remain over southeast Australia and maintain S to SE winds over the state, fresh in the north and strong north of Cooktown. Isolated showers and afternoon thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers developing about the exposed east coast and around the Gulf coast. Wednesday: A high will move into the Tasman Sea and maintain moderate to fresh SE winds along the east coast, strong north of St Lawrence and lighter SE to E inland. Isolated showers and afternoon thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers about the east coast and adjacent inland, developing about inland tropical and southeast parts during the afternoon. Thursday: A high will remain in the Tasman sea and maintain moderate to fresh SE winds along the east coast, strong at times in the north. Isolated showers about the east coast, tending scattered about the North Tropical Coast. Isolated afternoon showers in the southern inland. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms about Cape York Peninsula. The outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: A high will move east across the Tasman Sea and weaken with mostly moderate to fresh SE winds along the east coast, turning N'ly in the south over the weekend. Isolated thunderstorms to continue about Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers generally to remain about the east coast and adjacent inland, and around the Gulf coast. Isolated afternoon showers to remain about the southern inland with isolated thunderstorms about the southern border ranges. An upper trough is forecast to move through southern Queensland on Sunday, likely increasing shower and thunderstorm activity in the south.
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STAT News Service
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