Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

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
Severe Weather Warning has been cancelled.
A Strong Wind Warning has been cancelled.
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 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 Thursday
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 Friday
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 Saturday
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 Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
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 4:10 pm EST
Thursday.
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