MELBOURNE - Oct 19/10 - 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 Balonne, Condamine, Lower Macintyre, Lower Barcoo Rivers, as well as for Cooper Creek. 2. A strong wind warning is current for coastal waters between Torres Strait and Gladstone. STATE FORECAST for the rest of Wednesday and Thursday Cloudy with rain areas across the southern and central tropics. A few showers along the east coast and developing over the adjacent inland on Thursday. Isolated showers and storms over the north-west today spreading across the remaining west of the state during Thursday. Moderate to fresh SE/E winds strong about the east coast north of Gladstone. EXTENDED OUTLOOK Friday: The high will continue to move slowly across the Tasman Sea with the ridge weakening a little along the east coast. At the same time the middle trough will move off the east coast late in the day. So showers will continue along the east coast becoming scattered north of Cardwell. Some of these showers will spill over into the adjacent inland. The cloud and rain band produced by the middle trough will move off the east tropical coast during the morning. Isolated showers and storms triggered by the middle trough will develop about the south-east inland in the afternoon. A few showers and storms will continue about western Cape York Peninsula. Saturday: The high will reach the New Zealand area. So the ridge along the east coast will weaken further while the inland trough will sharpen over the south-west. Middle level ridging will keep conditions fine over most areas of the state. Isolated showers will continue along the east coast while isolated showers and storms will continue about the Gulf of Carpentaria. Moderate to fresh SE winds will continue along the east tropical coast while light to moderate SE to NE winds will continue elsewhere. Sunday: The ridge along the east coast will weaken a little further while a new middle trough moves across south-eastern Australia. So a new cloud and rain band with storms will move across most southern districts of the state during the day. Isolated showers will continue along the east tropical coast while isolated storms will continue about the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Moderate to fresh SE winds will continue along the east tropical coast while light to moderate SE to NE winds will continue elsewhere. The outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: The middle trough will move off the far southern coast during Monday as a new system moves into NSW and then moves off the coast on Wednesday. So further rain, showers and storms will occur over the south-east on Monday and Tuesday before easing to just showers and storms on Wednesday. Isolated showers will continue along the east tropical coast north of Cardwell in the onshore moderate to fresh SE flow.
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STAT News Service
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