Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 23/03 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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WARNING SUMMARY
No Warnings. 
STATE FORECAST
for Saturday
Fine almost throughout. Only isolated showers about northern Cape York
Peninsula. A cool to cold morning with some frosts over the southeast. A cooler
southerly change in western parts. Light to moderate winds otherwise. 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK
The spell of fine weather will continue over nearly all of Queensland through
the weekend and into most of next week. The surface trough in the far west will
move into the central and southern interior today and weaken. Some patchy high
level cloud will move over southern districts today but no precipitation is
expected. A new low will form near the central NSW coast today in association
with an upper low and then move slowly up the NSW coast before weakening off the
south Queensland coast on about Tuesday. At the same time the high over the
Bight will move towards Tasmania and become a very strong system during the
week. This will mean increasing southeast winds over most of the state from
Sunday onwards, but they will be delayed over the southeast corner until the
weakening low arrives. Some showers are likely initially over far northern Cape
York Peninsula then along the north tropical coast early in the week. Increasing
showers will develop over the southeast from about Tuesday onwards. Strong winds
and rough seas will extend along most of the east coast on Wednesday. With the
increasing winds, nightime temperatures will return to near or above normal
whilst daytime temperatures will continue to be below average over southern
parts. Frosts are expected to disappear after Sunday. 

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STAT News Service

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