Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 19/12 - 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 eastern Gulf
Country, parts of the Peninsula district and North Tropical Coast and
Tablelands, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin
and Central Coast and Whitsundays districts.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria waters.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for coastal waters between Bowen and Point
Danger, excluding Moreton and Hervey Bay.
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
A tropical low lies on the monsoon trough over land near Karumba. The low is
expected to move slowly southeast over the next 24 hours. A high in the Tasman
Sea extends a strong ridge along the southern and central coast of Queensland.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Rain areas, showers and thunderstorms will continue about the tropics and
central coast with moderate to heavy falls. Showers and areas of patchy rain
over the northwest and central districts. Isolated showers about the southeast
coast and over the nearby inland areas.  The southern interior and southwest
should be fine. Fresh to strong S to SE winds about the southern and central
coasts, tending NW to NE over the northern tropics. Moderate to fresh E to SE
winds elsewhere.
Forecast for Tuesday
The high should lie over New Zealand maintaining a ridge along Queensland's
east coast. The associated onshore wind flow will maintain showers about the
southeast coast and nearby inland areas, and also over parts of the central
interior.  The tropical low is likely to be over the northwest of the state
whilst the monsoon trough is likely to lie from the Gulf Country to around the
Townsville area. Rain areas, showers and isolated thunderstorms with moderate to
heavy falls are likely to extend southwards into parts of the Northwest and
Central West districts. Moderate to heavy falls are also expected to continue
over the tropics and central coast. The southwest and southern interior should
be fine.
Forecast for Wednesday
The forecast becomes uncertain but it is likely that the tropical low will
move southeast into the northern interior of the state. Rain areas, showers and
thunderstorms with moderate to heavy falls are therefore likely to continue
across northern and central areas.  The high near New Zealand should weaken,
along with the ridge over the southeast of the state, with fresh SE winds about
the southern and central east coast. Showers are likely to continue about the
southeast but the southwest and southern interior should remain fine.
Forecast for Thursday
The tropical low is likely to begin to interact with an upper level trough
moving east through central Australia, and move on a southeasterly track through
the central interior of Queensland and possibly into the southeast of the state
late in the day. Rain areas with moderate to heavy falls are likely to accompany
the system in a band from the Central West through the central highlands and
possibly into the southeast late in the day. Showers and rain areas with a few
thunderstorms should continue in the monsoon flow over the northern tropics,
while showers and some rain areas should affect most of the east coast and
nearby inland.  Fine conditions persisting in the southwest.
Outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The forecast for the outlook period remains very uncertain but it is likely
that the tropical low will continue to move southeast and move off the central
east coast during Friday night or Saturday morning. This is likely to shift the
area of active weather out of southeastern areas by late Friday. A much drier S
to SE airflow is then expected to dominate most of the state over the weekend
with showers about the east coast.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Monday.
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