MELBOURNE - Jun 25/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time A strong wind warning is current for coastal waters between Torres Strait and Burnett Heads and for northern Gulf of Carpentaria waters. For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/qld Weather Situation A slow moving high pressure system [1032hPa] lies over New South Wales and extends a strengthening ridge along the east Queensland coast. Forecast for the rest of Saturday Isolated showers will continue about the east Queensland coast and also about the adjacent inland in the southeast of the state. The remainder of the state will be fine. Light to moderate SE to NE winds are expected over most inland parts of the state, tending fresh over the tropics. Fresh to strong SE winds will continue about the east coast. Forecast for Sunday The high over New South Wales will weaken slightly, whilst a new high is expected to develop over South Australia. E to SE winds will continue across Queensland with moisture continuing to spread west across the state. Isolated showers will continue about the east coast and adjacent inland, tending scattered about the central and southern tropical coasts. Remaining dry over most of the interior. Early frost areas will be confined to the southeast Darling Downs and Granite Belt. Fresh to strong SE winds are expected along the central and tropical Queensland coasts. Forecast for Monday The new high is expected to intensify and move east into Victoria maintaining the strong SE winds about the central and tropical Queensland coasts. Showers will continue about the east coast and adjacent inland areas, more frequent about the north tropical coast. An upper level low is expected to approach the far west of the state late in the day, increasing instability. Increasing instability, combined with an influx of low level moisture, will generate isolated afternoon and evening showers about the central and tropical interior. Remaining dry over the southern interior. Early morning frost is again likely about the southeast Darling Downs and Granite Belt. Forecast for Tuesday The high should intensify over eastern Victoria with the strong SE winds extending along the entire east coast of Queensland. The upper level low is expected to move into the northwest of the state, further increasing the instability. This is expected to lead to a larger area of afternoon showers over the interior with isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible in the west of the state. Isolated showers will continue about the east coast and adjacent inland, tending scattered about the central and tropical coasts. Early frost is again possible over the Granite Belt. Forecast for Wednesday The high should move in to the Tasman Sea and intensify further with strong SE winds persisting about the east coast of Queensland. The upper level low moves quickly southeast into the southeast of Queensland and weakens. Scattered showers about the interior of the state should tend to ease through the day. Isolated showers should persist about the east coast and adjacent inland, tending scattered about the central and tropical coast. Minima should now have recovered to close to average for the time of year. Outlook for Thursday, Friday and Saturday The large high should remain slow moving in the Tasman Sea through the outlook period with a moist E to SE flow expected to continue across the state. The upper level low should move off the east coast during Thursday. Fresh to strong SE winds are expected to persist about the east coast of Queensland with showers likely to continue about the east coast and adjacent inland. 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