MELBOURNE - Dec 20/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time Flood Warnings are current for various rivers. For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/qld Weather Situation A high over the New Zealand extends a ridge of higher pressure along the Queensland east coast. A trough in the far southwest of the state will move slowly eastwards. A low situated southeast of Papua New Guinea is slow moving and is expected to develop further over the next few days. The low is expected to remain offshore and not affect the Queensland coast. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the interior in a band from the northwest to the southeast interior including the southern border ranges, tending scattered in the southern interior and northwest during the afternoon and evening. Isolated showers about the east coast north of St. Lawrence. Fine southwest of the trough and most of the eastern interior. Light to moderate SE to NE winds. Forecast for Wednesday Isolated showers and thunderstorms will continue in a band from the northwest to the southeast interior, with activity becoming scattered in the afternoon and evening in the southern interior and northwest. Patchy light rain will enter the Channel Country in the evening as a new upper level trough approaches Queensland from the southwest. Isolated showers will continue along the east coast in the moderate to fresh southeasterly trade flow north of St Lawrence. Light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere in the state. It will be fine in most parts of the eastern interior and southwest of the trough. Forecast for Thursday The amplifying upper level trough will enter western Queensland increasing shower and thunderstorm activity over most parts of the interior of the state and extending into areas of the southeast. Apart from some early morning rain it will be fine in the far southwest. The high near New Zealand will remain almost stationary and begin to weaken, though it will continue to extend a ridge along the Queensland coast with isolated coastal showers most parts of the coast. The low well offshore in the Coral Sea may develop further while remaining slow moving. Forecast for Friday The upper trough will move over eastern Queensland with isolated showers and thunderstorms developing most parts of the eastern interior and into the tropics. Showers and thunderstorms will tend scattered in the southern and southeast interior, the eastern tropics, and along the Gulf coast. The New Zealand high will remain almost stationary and continue to extend a ridge with isolated showers along the rest of the east Queensland coast. The low well offshore in the Coral Sea may develop further while remaining slow moving. Forecast for Saturday The upper trough will move off the east coast very early with a deep southerly flow stabilizing the atmosphere and a return to fine conditions in western Queensland. The ridge of higher pressure will persist about the east coast with isolated coastal showers. Showers will be enhanced in the southeast with possible isolated thunderstorms as an unstable air mass lingers. The low well offshore in the Coral Sea will move to the southeast further away from the Queensland coast. Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday The ridge of higher pressure along the east coast will weaken on Sunday as the high pressure near New Zealand moves to the southeast and weakens. Showers will decrease along the east coast as the ridge weakens with only some enhanced showers in the afternoon as an unstable air mass continues. Further inland, fine weather will dominate as the stable southerly flow continues. Showers and thunderstorms will increase in the northwestern tropics as winds turn more northerly increasing moisture and instability. The next upper level trough will approach southwestern parts of the state on Monday with increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms. As the upper level trough pushes through the state on Tuesday, showers and thunderstorms will develop throughout much of the state. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST Wednesday. Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaQueenslandWarnings SummaryForecastsBrisbane ForecastQld. 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