Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 10/12 - 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 has been issued for Monday for
dangerous surf conditions about parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast
Coast forecast districts.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for coastal waters from Gladstone to Point
Danger, including Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay.
A Gale Warning has been issued for offshore waters between Sandy Cape and Point
Danger for Monday.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high [1030 hPa] over the eastern Great Australian Bight extends a ridge
over eastern Queensland, and will continue to move slowly eastwards and enter
the southern Tasman Sea during Monday. A trough lies off the central and
southern coast and a low [1008hPa] lies on the trough about 450 kilometres east
of Yeppoon. The low will deepen and move southeastwards to be located east of
Fraser Island tonight and well seawards of Brisbane by Monday night. An upper
trough is intensifying over southern Queensland and is expected to pass over
southeast Queensland this evening and early Monday.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Cloudy with scattered showers, areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms over
the eastern Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast district with moderate to
locally heavy falls possible along the coast and over the islands. Scattered
showers or patchy rain about the Capricornia, western Burnett and eastern
Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms over the southern and central interior. Isolated showers over the
remaining southeast tropics, mainly in the afternoon. Light to moderate SW to SE
winds, tending fresh to strong and gusty about the coast south of about Mackay.
Forecast for Monday
The offshore low is expected to produce strong to gale force winds about the
coast, islands and offshore waters south of about Gladstone with large swells
and dangerous surf conditions about the coast south of Fraser Island. The cloud
band and patchy rain and showers will contract into the far southeast by late in
the day. Isolated showers will persist about parts of the southeast interior in
the wake of the cloud band with possible thunderstorms over the border ranges.
Fine and sunny conditions will continue elsewhere over the state with isolated
early frosts possible about parts of the southern interior. Large swells and
dangerous surf will affect the coast south from Fraser Island.
Forecast for Tuesday
The low will continue to track away from the far southern coast of Queensland
and may deepen further. At the same time the high will track slowly eastwards
across the Tasman Sea. The low will continue to produce strong winds about the
coast, islands and offshore waters south of about Gladstone, with gales still
likely to affect offshore waters south of Sandy Cape for most of the day. Large
swells and dangerous surf will occur about the coast south from Fraser Island.
Fine and sunny conditions will occur over nearly all of the state, expect for
isolated showers about the exposed coast south of Fraser Island and over the far
north of Cape York Peninsula.   Isolated early morning frosts will occur over
parts of the southern interior.
Forecast for Wednesday
The high over the Tasman Sea will extend a ridge across most of Queensland so
fine and sunny conditions will occur in most parts. Isolated showers will occur
along the exposed coast south from Fraser Island in the southerly airflow and
about northern Cape York Peninsula and through Torres Strait. Large swells and
dangerous surf will occur about the coast south from Fraser Island. Some morning
frost will occur over parts of the southern and southeast interior.
Forecast for Thursday
The high over the southern Tasman Sea will continue to extend a ridge across
most of Queensland with fine and sunny conditions continuing across a large part
of the state. The flow becomes a little more onshore about parts of the east
coast and therefore isolated showers are likely to develop about the exposed
southern and central coast and islands. Isolated showers will continue about the
far north of Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait. Cloud may increase about the
far west of the state as a weakening upper trough moves through southeast
Australia but no rain is expected. Early frosts are likely about the southern
and southeast interior. The large swells and dangerous surf conditions should
have now eased about the southern coast.
Outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
A ridge will persist over most of Queensland from the high near New Zealand
on Friday whilst a deep low pressure system moves over waters to the south of
the Great Australian Bight. The next upper trough is likely to move through
southeast Australia over the weekend with a weak surface trough expected to move
east across the state. Most of the state should remain fine through the outlook
period, although the trough may produce isolated showers across the southern
interior over the weekend. The winds about the east coast will also gradually
moisten and shift more onshore with isolated showers about the east coast
through the outlook period.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Monday.
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