MELBOURNE - Aug 26/11 - 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 high over southeast Australia and the Tasman Sea extends a weak ridge along the east Queensland coast. An upper level trough moving east over western Queensland will move towards eastern districts late. Forecast for the rest of Saturday Cloud with rain areas and isolated thunderstorms east of Charleville and south of Emerald, with moderate falls east of about Emerald to Roma. Isolated showers over Cape York Peninsula. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the remainder of the eastern tropics. Fine west of about Longreach. Light to moderate SE to NE winds along the east coast, shifting NW to SW over the interior. Forecast for Sunday The upper trough will move off the east Queensland coast during the morning, clearing the rain band east off the central and southern coast early. However, showers and isolated thunderstorms are likely to persist over central and southeast districts due to a lingering unstable airmass east of a weak surface trough over the southern interior. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will also occur over the eastern tropical interior and southern tropical coast in a moist, unstable airmass. Isolated showers will continue over Cape York Peninsula. Conditions will remain fine and warm over most of western Queensland. Forecast for Monday A new high is expected to move east over the Great Australian Bight, extending a ridge and fine, drier conditions across western and most of southern Queensland. The surface trough is expected to linger over eastern Queensland and produce scattered showers and afternoon thunderstorms in the moist, unstable airmass over the southern tropics and central districts. Isolated showers will occur over the far northern tropics, and possibly about the southeast. Conditions will remain warm by day in the west and southern interior. Forecast for Tuesday The next upper trough is expected to move over eastern Queensland and is likely to generate further showers and thunderstorms over the southeastern tropics and central districts northeast of the lingering surface trough. More isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over southeast coastal districts and southeastern Darling Downs and Granite Belt. Isolated showers about the north tropical coast and ranges. Fine in the west and over the southern interior. Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday A high is expected to move over southeastern Australia during the outlook period, extending a ridge and mostly fine conditions across Queensland. Isolated showers are expected along most of the east coast and nearby ranges. Fine elsewhere. Temperatures remaining generally above average over the interior. 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 23:15 on Friday 26 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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