MELBOURNE - Jan 30/12 - 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 Northeast Gulf of Carpentaria waters. A Strong Wind Warning is current for waters between Torres Strait and Cape Melville. 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 An middle to upper level trough will move slowly eastwards across southern Queensland and move off the coast on Friday. A broad and relatively weak surface trough will deepen over central areas of the state during the next few days as a high pressure system over the Great australian Bight moves into the southern Tasman Sea. The monsoon trough over the far north of the state and the north-west Coral Sea will remain anchored in the area until the end of the week. A low will develop off the coast but on the trough during Thursday and then move eastwards. A weak ridge will develop along the southern and central coasts of Queensland from Wednesday onwards. Forecast for the rest of Tuesday Showers, rain areas and thunderstorms with some moderate to heavy falls over the northern tropics. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the southern tropics and into the central and southern interior tending to rain at times with some possible moderate to heavy falls. Isolated showers about the remaining eastern districts. Fine over the far west of the state. Light to moderate SE to NE winds over most of the state. Winds becoming moderate to fresh NW over the far northern tropics tending strong about coastal areas. Forecast for Wednesday The NW monsoon over the far north of the state will remain vigorous and trigger further showers, storms and rain areas with moderate to heavy falls. Strong winds will continue in far northern coastal areas. Showers and storms will continue over the remaining tropics and through the central and southern interior. Isolated showers will continue over the south-east of the state in the stabilizing SE to E airflow. Conditions will remain fine over the far west of the state. Forecast for Thursday The vigorous NW monsoon will continue over the far north of the state and over the north-west Coral Sea. A low pressure system will likely develop on the trough over the north-west Coral Sea and move eastwards. Monsoonal showers, storms and rain areas with some moderate to heavy falls will continue in the area. Across much of the interior showers and storms will continue. Isolated showers will occur over the south-east and adjacent areas but tend scattered about the exposed coast due to the onshore flow. Fine conditions will continue over the far west. Forecast for Friday The NW monsoon flow over the far north of the state will weaken as the low over the north-west Coral Sea continues to move eastwards, away from the coast. So the showers, storms and rain areas with some moderate to heavy falls will become less scattered with the main activity becoming focussed on the North Tropical Coast and the Herbert Burdekin. About the remaining central and eastern tropics showers and storms will continue with isolated moderate to heavy falls. Further southwards over the central and southern interior only isolated showers and storms will develop. Isolated showers will occur over the south-east and adjacent areas but tend scattered about the exposed coast due to the onshore flow. Fine conditions will continue over the far west. Outlook for Saturday, Sunday and Monday The monsoon trough will remain near stationary over the far north of the state and will trigger further showers, storms and rain over the area. Over the remainder of the state over the inland isolated afternoon showers and/or storms will occur. Elsewhere conditions will be fine apart from isolated showers about the coast especially south from Fraser Island. Winds will freshen from the south along the far southern coast during the weekend. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST Tuesday. Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaQueenslandWarnings SummaryForecastsBrisbane ForecastQld. 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