Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 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 from Cape
Grenville to Cooktown.
A Strong Wind Warning has been issued for coastal waters from Torres Strait to
Cooktown and Northeast Gulf waters north of 11S for Friday afternoon.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high over the northern Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the northeast
tropical coast. The high will weaken during the day though the ridge will
persist as a new high enters the Great Australian Bight. A cold front will move
east over southeastern Australia during today, with the associated pre frontal
trough entering southwestern Queensland by this evening.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Isolated showers along the east coast north of about Yeppoon. Scattered
showers and possible isolated thunderstorms through Torres Strait. Possible
light isolated showers developing inland of the southern tropical coast in the
afternoon. High level cloud increasing in the northwest though remaining fine.
Fine and sunny elsewhere over the interior, with warm daytime temperatures
continuing in the south. Some early morning fogs over southeast districts,
clearing to a fine and sunny day. Moderate to fresh SE'ly winds over the east
coast north of Fraser Island, strong at times north of Cooktown. Light to
moderate mostly NW to NE winds elsewhere ahead of a S'ly change entering the far
southwest during the day.
Forecast for Saturday
Patchy high level cloud will continue to extend east over northwestern and
central Queensland associated with an upper level trough intensifying over
southeastern Australia. No rainfall is expected with the cloud band over
Queensland however. The surface trough over the southern interior will move
further east though fine and mostly sunny conditions will continue. The new high
will move into the eastern Great Australian Bight, with a ridge and fresh to
strong SE'ly winds persisting along the tropical coast north of Cooktown.
Isolated showers will continue about the coast and adjacent inland north of
Mackay in the onshore wind flow. Showers will increase to scattered with patchy
rain and isolated thunderstorms through Torres Strait due to the presence of a
trough. Morning fog patches will occur about the Capricornia and southern coast,
clearing to a fine and sunny day.
Forecast for Sunday
The surface trough will move off the southern Queensland coast during the
morning, and reach the St Lawrence area by the evening. Cooler south to
southwest winds will spread into the south of the state in the wake of the
trough. These winds will be particularly gusty over southeast districts. The
high will remain slow moving over the eastern Bight, with a ridge and moderate
to fresh SE'ly winds persisting over the east tropical coast. Isolated showers
will occur along the coast north of Cardwell, with patchy rain and isolated
thunderstorms through Torres Strait, possibly spreading on to far northern Cape
York Peninsula as the trough near Torres Strait moves slowly south. Morning fog
areas are expected over the central, Capricorn and Fraser coasts ahead of the
dry airmass pushing through with the surface trough.
Forecast for Monday
The surface trough will decay about the Central Coast as the high shifts east
into southern New South Wales. The high will extend a ridge through southern
Queensland and strengthen the ridge along the east tropical coast, with strong
SE'ly winds affecting waters from Cape Grenville to Cape Tribulation and also
through southern Gulf waters during the morning. This wind flow will continue to
support isolated showers about the east coast north of about Cairns, with patchy
rain and isolated thunderstorms about far northern Cape York Peninsula and
Torres Strait near a weak trough. Fine and sunny conditions are expected
elsewhere over the state as the dry airmass over southern Queensland extends
further north. Cool to cold temperatures will occur through southern Queensland,
with early frost patches over the interior.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Stable conditions and relatively dry air will remain in place over most of
the state during this period. As a result fine and sunny conditions will
continue in most areas, with morning frost patches persisting over the southeast
interior. Moderate to fresh SE trade winds will continue to direct isolated
showers onto the east tropical coast north of Cardwell. Isolated showers will
develop about the exposed coast south of Fraser Island from late Tuesday onwards
as the flow shifts south to southeast and an upper trough moves into the Tasman
Sea. The storms and rain areas in the far north should weaken during Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Friday.
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