Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 21/10 - 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 Balonne, Lower Macintyre the Lower Barcoo
Rivers and Cooper Creek.
2. A strong wind warning is current for coastal waters between Lockhart River
and Cairns.
STATE FORECAST
for the rest of Friday and Saturday
Scattered showers about the tropical coast. Isolated afternoon showers and
thunderstorms elsewhere over the tropics and about the Gulf coast. Isolated
afternoon showers over the interior and eastern districts, contracting to far
eastern parts on Saturday. Isolated thunderstorms over the southeast interior
during Friday afternoon. Fine in the far west ahead of some late thundery rain
in the far southwest on Saturday. Moderate to fresh SE to E winds about the east
coast, strong between Cairns and Lockhart river. Light to moderate mostly NE
winds over the interior.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
Sunday: The upper level trough will amplify and move across NSW and southern
Qld. Consequently, the associated thundery rain band will move across southern
districts, reaching the south-east by late afternoon. The surface trough will
also move into eastern districts of Qld. Isolated showers will continue along
the east tropical coast while isolated showers and thunderstorms will continue
on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula.
Monday: The upper level trough will reach the east coast during the morning with
thundery rain persisting over the SE region. A moderate SE'ly change should move
north through the south-east coast region with moderate falls possible over the
Sunshine Coast and southern Wide Bay regions. Some patchy thundery rain may
enter far southwest Qld late in the day. Little change elsewhere in the state.
Tuesday: Showers continuing about the coast and adjacent inland south of Mackay
as another upper trough moves across southeast Qld. Some very isolated high
based thunderstorms possible over far western Qld as the next upper trough
begins to amplify over Western Australia. Isolated afternoon showers elsewhere
across the tropics and eastern Qld with isolated afternoon thunderstorms about
western Cape York Peninsula.
The outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: The inland trough will remain
near stationary over central areas of the state with isolated showers to the
east. Isolated thunderstorms continuing over Cape York Peninsula. Isolated high
based thunderstorms continuing near the western border. An upper trough will
amplify over Central Australia during Thursday and Friday, with thundery rain
extending east during Friday.

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