MELBOURNE - Jun 29/12 - 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 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 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 [1024 hPa] over the Tasman Sea will continue to move slowly eastwards. A low [1003 hPa] east of the southeast Queensland coast is expected to continue moving southeast away from the coast during today. A new high will move into the west of the continent on Saturday and extend a firm ridge across most of the state well into next week. Forecast for the rest of Friday Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and drizzle areas over southeast districts, tending scattered about the Southeast Coast during the morning. Isolated showers and morning drizzle over the northeast tropics. Morning fog areas over parts of the interior, and partly cloudy during the day. Light to moderate SW to SE winds, tending fresh and gusty along the southern Queensland coast but easing during the day. Dangerous surf conditions about the coast between Sandy Cape and Point Danger, easing during the day. Forecast for Saturday A new ridge will extend across the state from a high over southern Western Australia. So dry SW to SE winds will circulate across most of the state with fine weather in most areas. Conditions will remain partly cloudy over eastern Queensland due to residual moisture from the rain. A weak ridge along the far north tropical coast will direct relatively moist SE winds and isolated showers onto the coast north of about Cardwell. Minimum temperatures are expected to decrease to below average in the tropics and most of the interior, with day time temperatures returning to about average in most areas. Early frosts are a possibility about parts of the southeast interior but are highly dependent on the extent of cloud cover. Forecast for Sunday The new high will move into South Australia and continue to circulate dry SW to SE winds across most of the state. These winds will be strong about the southeast Gulf of Carpentaria and become strong along the east coast north of Cooktown during the afternoon. Winds north of about Cairns will remain relatively moist and may produce isolated showers about the coast. Due to the dry conditions frosts will be widespread about the southeast and central and southern interior. Temperatures will be below average across most of the state. Forecast for Monday A firm ridge from the high will persist across the state and will continue to circulate dry SW to SE winds across most areas. The dry air will spread well northwards, into the northern tropics. Cool to cold mornings will occur in most parts with widespread frosts over central and southern Queensland. Some frost may even occur on the Atherton Tableland to the west of Cairns. With the dry air pushing northwards any stream showers will contract to north of Cooktown. Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday The high will move only slowly eastwards during the forecast period and direct mostly dry S to SE winds across the state. So conditions will continue fine in most areas. Isolated showers will continue about far northern Cape York Peninsula and through Torres Strait where the SE trade winds will be relatively moist. However, from Wednesday onwards, the flow onto the east coast will tend more onshore and this will allow showers to gradually spread southwards and occur in most east coast districts on Thursday. Frosts will be widespread over much of the interior and inland coastal districts. Temperatures generally will remain below average across most of the state. 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