MELBOURNE - Nov 5/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
IDQ1070001 WARNING SUMMARY Nil. STATE FORECAST for Friday night and Saturday Isolated showers generally over the eastern half of the state with isolated afternoon thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsular and over the SE interior. Fine over the west of the state. Thunderstorm activity will extend a little further west during Saturday afternoon over the Central Highlands and the Maranoa district otherwise little change over the rest of the state. Moderate to fresh SE winds across the tropics, light to moderate SE winds further south, tending NE'ly over the interior. EXTENDED OUTLOOK Sunday: The high will move further east over the Tasman Sea while a new trough will enter central Australia. A new upper level trough will develop west of QLD and this will increase the instability over the interior. This will extend the thunderstorm activity further west while decreasing over eastern districts. Little change in the tropics. Monday: Further development of the upper level trough to the west will increase thunderstorm activity over most of the interior. Thundery rain will develop in the SW as a new surface trough enters the state with a S'ly wind change. Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: The upper level trough in the west develops into a low on Tuesday and moves into the tropics. Showers about the east coast, thunderstorms and patchy rain in the west. By Wednesday, the upper level low moves into the Gulf region with rain areas and thunderstorms. Rain areas and thunderstorms extending south also, into the Channel Country. Showers over eastern districts. By Thursday, rain and thunderstorms now concentrated over the NW of the state with showers about the east coast. Rain areas also developing over the southern tropics.
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STAT News Service
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