Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 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 Severe Weather Warning is current for dangerous surf
conditions for people in coastal 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 is current for offshore waters between Sandy Cape and Point
Danger.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high [1030 hPa] near Tasmania will move into the southern Tasman Sea
tonight and become slow moving, maintaining a firm ridge over the Queensland
interior. A deepening low lies over the southern Coral Sea well offshore of the
southern Queensland coast. The low is expected to continue deepening as it moves
east over the Coral Sea on Tuesday. The combination of the ridge and deepening
low has resulted in large seas and swells with dangerous surf conditions along
the southern Queensland coast.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Cloudy with scattered showers and patchy rain over the Southeast Coast and
eastern Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Isolated showers and light
rain over the Wide Bay and Burnett and western Darling Downs. Isolated light
showers over the far northeastern Peninsula district. Fine and mostly clear
elsewhere. Large seas and swells with dangerous surf about the coast from Fraser
Island to the New South Wales border. Fresh to strong and gusty SW to SE winds
along the southern coast, reaching gale force over offshore waters south of
Sandy Cape. Moderate SW to SE winds elsewhere, fresh at times along the central
coast.
Forecast for Tuesday
Cloud decreasing over the southeast of the state during the morning with
early patchy rain easing to isolated showers along the exposed southern coast
and islands and about the southern border ranges. Isolated showers over the far
northeastern Peninsula district. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Large seas and
swells with dangerous surf about the coast south from Fraser Island to the New
South Wales border. A cool morning with isolated early morning frosts over parts
of the southern interior. Moderate SW to SE winds, fresh to strong and gusty
along the southern coast with offshore gales continuing for much of the day
south of Sandy Cape.
Forecast for Wednesday
The low over the southern Coral Sea will continue shifting further east, with
the gale force S'ly winds decreasing to strong along the southern Queensland
coast. The low will continue to generate large ocean swells, with dangerous surf
conditions continuing along the southern Queensland exposed coast from Fraser
Island to the New South Wales border. The high will drift slowly southeast
through the southern Tasman Sea, maintaining a ridge and fine conditions through
much of the state. Only isolated showers are expected about the southern exposed
coast and through the far northern Peninsula district, with fine and mostly
sunny conditions elsewhere. Early morning frost patches are likely over the
southern and central interior and will also possibly occur on the tropical
Tablelands.
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. Isolated showers will continue along the exposed southern coast
and also develop about the central coast and islands as the wind flow tends a
little more onshore. Isolated showers will continue about the far northeastern
Peninsula district. Conditions will remain fine over the interior, with warm
daytime temperatures in the west as winds tend N'ly ahead of a large low
pressure system deepening over the Great Australian Bight. Early frosts are
likely about the southern and southeastern interior and also on the tropical
Tablelands. The large swells and dangerous surf conditions should ease about the
southern coast, but rough surf may remain.
Forecast for Friday
The low in the Great Australian Bight will move slowly east and extend some
cloud into western Queensland though with no rainfall expected. The slow moving
high in the Tasman Sea will extend a ridge and moist onshore winds on to the
east coast of Queensland, with isolated showers expected about exposed parts.
Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. A NW to NE wind flow
will extend further through the interior of the state, leading to warm daytime
temperatures, particularly over western districts. Some early morning frost
patches are likely over the southeastern interior. Rough surf should ease along
the southern coast.
Outlook for Saturday, Sunday and Monday
The low over the Great Australian Bight will most likely weaken as it slips
southeast through southeastern Australia over the weekend. An associated surface
trough will move east over Queensland and most likely contract off the southern
coast Sunday night, generating some patchy rain or isolated showers and possible
thunderstorms over southern districts with its passage. A cool, dry S to SW wind
flow will extend through southern and central Queensland in the wake of the
trough. Isolated showers along the east coast will therefore contract north into
the far northern tropics from Monday. Early morning frosts are not likely over
the weekend due to the warm N'ly winds ahead of the trough though may return to
the southern and central interior Monday morning in the cooler S'ly winds in the
wake of the trough.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Tuesday.
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