MELBOURNE - Aug 13/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/qld Weather Situation A ridge of high pressure lies over the Great Australian Bight, and extends a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. The high should drift eastwards, and is expected to be centred near Tasmania over the weekend. Forecast for the rest of Saturday Fine throughout the state except for just a few isolated and light showers in the onshore flow about the southeast coast. Cool morning temperatures across the state, with widespread early frosts expected about central, southern and southeastern inland areas. Light to moderate SW to SE winds. Forecast for Sunday The high should be centred south of Tasmania, and will maintain a ridge along the east Queensland coast. Remaining fine, sunny and dry over most of the state, however a weak upper trough should produce some cloudy periods with just isolated light showers over the southeast districts and the Central and Capricornia coasts. Isolated patches of early morning frost over the southeast and southern interior. Forecast for Monday The high should remain to the south of Tasmania and will maintain the ridge along the east Queensland coast. Fine throughout the state except for some isolated, mainly light showers about parts of the east coast. Areas of early morning frost about the southeast and southern interior. Forecast for Tuesday The high should stay south of Tasmania and continue producing fine conditions across Queensland, except for some isolated, mainly light showers about parts of the east coast. Isolated areas of early morning frost about the Granite Belt. Warm daytime temperatures over the southern interior and western districts. Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday The high should drift eastwards across the southern reaches of the Tasman sea during the outlook period, arriving near New Zealand by around Friday. So remaining fine throughout most of Queensland, except for some isolated showers about the east coast in the middle of the week, clearing near the end of the week as a new high builds over central Australia. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST Saturday. Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaQueenslandWarnings SummaryForecastsBrisbane ForecastQld. Forecast Areas MapObservationsBrisbane ObservationsAll Queensland ObservationsRainfall & River ConditionsWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaTasmaniaAustralian Capital TerritoryNorthern TerritoryAntarcticGlobal National Weather Services Radar Viewer Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Weather Maps Satellite Images Agriculture Marine and Ocean UV Protection HomeAbout UsContactsFreedom of InformationCareersSearchSite MapHelpFeedback Weather & WarningsClimate InformationWater InformationRadarRSSLearn About Meteorology This page was created at 04:30 on Saturday 13 August 2011 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy and Accessibility statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email. var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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