MELBOURNE - Jun 13/12 - 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 continue to 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 clear 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. 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 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 southern tropical Tablelands. The large swells and dangerous surf conditions should ease about the southern coast, but surf will 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. 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 ahead of 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 and may continue about the southern tropical Tablelands. Some fogs will occur over southern coastal districts. Swells should decrease further along the southern coast. Forecast for Saturday The upper trough, 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. Forecast for Sunday The weak cloud and rain band should clear off the southeast coast during the morning as the frontal system moves through southeast Queensland. Dry south to southwest winds will then extend through most of the state with fine, sunny and cooler conditions across most of the state. Onshore winds about the northeast coast will produce isolated showers about the coast north of Cardwell. Outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday A large high should move slowly eastwards across South Australian and New South Wales during the forecast period. Most of the state should remain and sunny although isolated SE trade showers will continue about northern Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait and extend to the northeast tropical coast during the outlook period. Frosts will return to the central, southern and south-east interior. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST Thursday. Weather & Warnings Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland Warnings Summary Forecasts Brisbane Forecast Qld. 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