Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 11/12 - 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 south of
Double Island Point for Thursday morning.
A Fire Weather Warning is current for the Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast
Coast districts for the remainder of today.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A surface trough extended from the northwest to the far southeast of the
state. A high over the Great Australian Bight extended a ridge over western
Queensland and along the southern New South Wales coast.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Showers and storms over much of the northern and eastern tropics with light
to moderate NE to NW winds. Fine elsewhere over the state with mostly light to
moderate W to SW winds.
Forecast for Thursday
The high will remain over the Great Australian Bight and is expected to push
significantly cooler SE winds over the southeast of the state during the day.
The high should also push the surface trough northwards, with the trough
expected to extend from the Gulf Country to the Capricornia district by late in
the day.  Showers and thunderstorms will continue near and to the north of the
trough while fine conditions will continue over the remainder of the state.
Remaining hot near and north of the trough.
Forecast for Friday
Ridging will persist over much of western Queensland and along the southern
and central coast. So fine conditions will continue over much of the west of the
state while showers will occur along the southern coast in the moderate to fresh
SE winds. Showers and storms will continue over much of the northern and eastern
tropics, especially the southeast tropics where low level convergence will
enhance activity.
Forecast for Saturday
Ridging will persist over the far west of the state and along the southern
coast. Conditions will remain fine over the far west while showers ill continue
along the southern coast. The inland trough will sharpen as an upper trough
amplifies across south-eastern Australia. So showers and storms will develop
over the south-east and southern inland while continuing across most of the
tropics.
Forecast for Sunday
The upper trough will become near stationary over the southern inland and
will maintain showers and storms over the south-east and southern interior with
some rain occurring at times. The upper trough will also help maintain showers
and storms over the northern and eastern tropics. Fine conditions will continue
over the far west of the state.
Outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
The upper level trough will remain near stationary over the southern interior
well into the week before decaying. So further showers and storms with some rain
areas will occur over the south-east and southern interior. Showers and storms
will also continue over the northern and eastern tropics.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Thursday.
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