Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 12/12 - 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 excluding Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A slow moving high [1031 hPa] over the far southern Tasman Sea will maintain
a ridge over much of the state until the weekend. A deep low over the southern
Coral Sea will move further eastwards. Swells generated by the low will continue
to affect the far southern coast of Queensland until about Friday. A new upper
trough will move into and across south-eastern Australian and southern
Queensland during the weekend and will be accompanied by a weak cloud and rain
band.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Fine and sunny over much of the state. Isolated showers will continue about
the exposed southern coast and also    over northern Cape York Peninsula and
through Torres Strait. Large seas and swells with dangerous surf conditions will
continue to affect the exposed coast south from Fraser Island. A cold morning
with early frost patches over the southern and central interior and also
possibly on the Atherton Tablelands. Fresh to strong and gusty S'ly winds will
continue along the far southern coast. Mostly light to moderate S to SE winds
elsewhere, tending N to NE in the far west.
Forecast for Thursday
The high over the southern Tasman Sea will maintain 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 over
far northern Cape York Peninsula and through Torres Strait. Warm daytime
temperatures will occur in the west as winds tend N'ly ahead of a large low
pressure system deepening over the Great Australian Bight and an associated
upper trough. Early frosts will occur about the southern and southeastern
interior and also on the tropical Tablelands. The large swells should ease about
the southern coast, but surf will most likely remain powerful.
Forecast for Friday
The upper trough will move into central Australia and will extend some cloud
late in the day into western Queensland. Some patchy light rain will occur with
the cloud near the southwestern border at night. A weak high cell will form over
south-east queensland then move off the coast. So the winds along the east coast
will tend more onshore with isolated showers expected about exposed parts of the
Central Coast and Fraser Island and about the east tropical coast north of
Cardwell. Winds over the west of the state will tend warm NW to NE before a
frontal system which will reach the south-west border late in the day. Some
early morning frost patches are likely over the southeastern interior while some
fogs will occur over southern coastal districts. Swells should decrease further
along the southern coast.
Forecast for Saturday
The upper trough and accompanied by the weak cloud and rain band will move
into and across western Queensland. The frontal system will also move eastwards
and extend from the north-west to the western Darling Downs by evening.  The
high cell will move eastwards while warm NE to NW winds will develop over the
south-east before the frontal system. Isolated showers will occur along most of
the east tropical coast in the SE trade flow and will spill over into the
adjacent tropical inland in the afternoon. Some early fog patches will occur
over south-east coast districts.
Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
The cloud and rain band will move off the coast by early afternoon while the
frontal system will clear the southern coast by late morning. In the wake of the
front, cooler and dry SW to SE winds will circulate across most of the state. So
fine and sunny conditions will occur in most areas of the state. These winds
will be driven by a large high which will slowly eastwards across South
Australian and New South Wales during the forecast period. Isolated SE trade
showers will continue north of Cardwell on Sunday but the contract to northern
Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait from Monday onwards. Frosts will return to
the central, southern and south-east inland from Monday onwards.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Wednesday.
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