Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 14/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A severe weather warning is current for flash flooding for
the Central Coast District.
Flood Warnings are current for the Bulloo, Pioneer, Gulf and Western Queensland
Rivers including the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers and Cooper Creek.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high near New Zealand extends a ridge along most of the east Queensland
coast. A surface trough lies from the northwest Coral Sea to the Central Coast.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Scattered showers, patchy rain areas and isolated thunderstorms over the
tropics with moderate falls, locally heavy about the Central and Capricornia
coasts and the adjacent inland. Scattered showers and some rain areas over the
Wide Bay and Burnett. Isolated showers over the Southeast Coast. Fine over the
far southern interior. Another cool day under cloud in the tropics and central
districts. Mostly moderate SE to NE winds, fresh at times along the central
coast.
Forecast for Tuesday
The high over the southern Tasman Sea will move to the east of New Zealand,
with the ridge along the east Queensland coast weakening. Isolated showers about
the southeast in the onshore airflow. Areas of rain, showers and isolated
thunderstorms about the tropical and central coasts, spreading across the
tropical interior as the surface trough moves west. Moderate falls, locally
heavy at first about the Central Coast and adjacent inland. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms over western districts, though fine over the far
southern interior. Isolated showers over the Southeast Coast. Another cool day
under cloud in the tropics and central districts.
Forecast for Wednesday
The ridge persists along the east Queensland coast with scattered showers,
more isolated in the southeast. A surface trough moves over northern New South
Wales and into far southern Queensland late in the day.  Remaining fine over the
southern interior though with increasing cloud. Cool and cloudy with patchy rain
areas and isolated thunderstorms over the remaining interior as the surface
trough over the tropical interior moves west of the Queensland border.
Forecast for Thursday
The ridge persists along the east Queensland coast with generally scattered
showers, more isolated in the southeast. The surface trough remains slow moving
near the southern Queensland border and combined with a weak upper trough over
New South Wales produces isolated afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms over the southeast interior. Cloudy with patchy rain areas and
isolated thunderstorms over the southwest of the state. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula and the tropical interior due to high
humidity and unstable conditions.
Forecast for Friday
A new high moves east through the Great Australian Bight whilst the existing
ridge along the east coast weakens further. The surface trough remains slow
moving near the southern Queensland border. Isolated showers about the central
and southeast coast, increasing to scattered with isolated thunderstorms about
the Southeast Coast in the afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
elsewhere through Queensland, scattered about the northern tropics and the far
southwest.
Outlook for Saturday, Sunday and Monday
A high moves very slowly east over the Southern Ocean and into the southern
Tasman Sea during the weekend with a stronger ridge developing along the
southern Queensland coast late on Sunday. The broad upper trough system over New
South Wales is expected to extend areas of cloud and patchy thundery rain from
southwest Queensland across southern and central Queensland during the weekend,
before clearing from the southwest and southern interior by Monday. Thundery
rain about the southeast coast should ease to isolated showers by Monday.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist over most of the
tropics.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Tuesday.
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