Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 27/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Severe Weather Warning is current for the Gulf Country,
North West, Northern Goldfields and Upper
Flinders, Central West, Central Highlands and Coalfields, eastern parts of the
Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego and western parts of the Darling Downs and
Granite Belt districts.
A Wind Warning is current for Eastern Gulf Waters.
Flood Warnings are current for various rivers and streams.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
At 4pm EST, a monsoon low was located over land in the far northwest of the
state. The low is expected to move southeast over the Queensland interior during
the weekend. An upper level trough lies over central Australia, and will keep
conditions unstable over much of the state well into the weekend.  The monsoon
trough should strengthen over the Peninsula district from Sunday.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Heavy rain areas and squally thunderstorms in the northwest with possible
damaging winds gusts. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the southwest.
Patchy rain, scattered showers and isolated gusty thunderstorms over the
northeast tropics. Scattered showers, patchy rain areas and isolated
thunderstorms in the southeast with some moderate falls. Rain areas and
thunderstorms elsewhere over the state with moderate falls, locally heavy with
thunderstorms. Moderate to fresh NW to NE winds over northern Queensland, strong
and gusty at times in the northwest. Light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere,
fresh at times near the southern coast.
Forecast for Saturday
The monsoon low is expected to keep generating heavy falls and possible
damaging wind gusts as it moves from the northwest of the state into the central
interior. A trough will extend from the low into the Channel Country. A
strengthening, moist NE'ly wind flow to the east of this trough will also
produce thundery rain areas with heavy falls and possible damaging gusts through
the southern interior and into the central highlands. Rain areas and
thunderstorms with and some locally heavy falls over the remaining central
districts. Instability will decrease over the southeast though patchy rain and
showers will occur in a moist onshore wind flow. Showers and isolated
thunderstorms will continue over the northeast tropics. Conditions clearing near
the western border in a drier S'ly flow behind the surface trough.
Forecast for Sunday
The upper level trough should remain over central Australia while the low
pressure system moves south over the southern interior of the state, generating
heavy rain and possible damaging winds gusts before it contracts into New South
Wales. Cloudy conditions will continue in the southeast with patchy rain and
showers. An unstable airmass over remaining parts of the state will generate
showers and isolated thunderstorms, more widespread through central districts
and areas northwest of about Richmond with some heavy falls likely with
thunderstorms.
Forecast for Monday
Conditions will ease over the southern interior of Queensland as the low
moves southwards further into New South Wales. However, the upper level trough
near our western border should gradually weaken near the southwestern border.
The moist and unstable airmass ahead of this trough will generate widespread
showers and thunderstorms in a band from the tropics into central parts and
through to the southern interior. Gusty monsoonal showers and rain about the
Peninsula district.  Patchy rain and showers will continue in the southeast.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the southwest.
Forecast for Tuesday
The upper level trough should gradually move eastwards into the southern
interior, allowing showers and isolated thunderstorms to occur over the central
interior and southern interior districts. An onshore flow should continue to
produce showers about the eastern districts, with more widespread showers
spreading to rain areas about the northeast coast.  Gusty monsoonal showers and
rain about the Peninsula district, and mainly fine near the western border.
Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The upper level trough should remain over the southern interior during the
outlook period, maintaining a band of showers and thunderstorms from the
northern tropics into the state's interior.  Mainly fine about the far
southwest, and a weak onshore flow should produce showers about the east coast,
tending to rain periods about the northeast coast.  The monsoon should continue
gusty showers and areas of rain over the far north.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Saturday.
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