Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 28/11 - 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 the Tasman Sea is moving eastwards and will move to east of New
Zealand during the day. This high extended a ridge along the east coast of
Queensland. A surface trough over the west and south-west of the state will
remain near stationary into next week. A new high will move into the Great
Australian Bight over the weekend and will remain anchored over the area well
into the week.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Isolated afternoon showers and storms over the central and southern interior
with isolated showers over remaining south-east districts. Isolated afternoon
storms about parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria with isolated showers on eastern
Cape York Peninsula. Fine elsewhere.  Mostly light to moderate SE winds will
occur along the east coast becoming fresh at times north of Cooktown. Light to
moderate SE to NE winds will continue over the interior.
Forecast for Saturday
A weak ridge will persist along the east coast while another high will move
into the Great Australian Bight from the west. The inland trough will remain
almost stationary over the south-west and trigger isolated showers and/or
thunderstorms in a band from the south-east inland to the north-west. Fine
conditions will continue most other parts of the state apart from isolated
afternoon showers and thunderstorms about western Cape York peninsula and
isolated showers about the far north-east tropical coast. Light to moderate SE
to E winds will continue along the east coast becoming fresh at times north of
Cooktown. Light to moderate NE winds over most of the interior shifting fresh
S'ly over the west of the state.
Forecast for Sunday
The high over the Great Australian Bight will move slowly eastwards and
maintain a ridge into south-western Queensland. The inland trough will remain
near stationary and will again trigger isolated showers and thunderstorms in a
band from south-east to the north-west of the state. Isolated showers will
continue over eastern Cape York Peninsula. Elsewhere over the state fine
conditions will prevail. Light to moderate SE to E winds will continue along the
east coast becoming fresh at times north of Cooktown. Light to moderate NE winds
will continue over most of the interior shifting fresh S to SE, gusty at times,
over the west of the state.
Forecast for Monday
The high will remain stationary over the Great Australian Bight and will
continue to circulate moderate to fresh S to SE winds across the west of the
state. The inland trough will also remain almost stationary and will trigger
isolated showers and thunderstorms over the southern and central interior and
the north-west of the state. The high will push a fresh to strong S'ly change
along the southern coast during the day. Showers will occur on and before the
change and this activity will link with the showers and storms over the central
interior. Ridging will strengthen along the east coast by the evening resulting
in fresh SE winds in most areas.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The high and inland trough will continue to remain near stationary in their
respective locations into at least the middle of the week as a frontal system
moves across the southern Tasman Sea. The inland trough will continue to trigger
showers and thunderstorms in a band fro the north-west to the southern and
south-east interior during the afternoons but activity will be isolated. The
firm ridge along the east coast will begin to weaken from the south on Wednesday
with winds shifting to the NE to NW along the southern coast by Thursday.
Coastal showers will become confined to north of Cooktown by Thursday.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Friday.
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