Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 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 Fire Weather Warning is current for the North West
District.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high over the Tasman Sea extends a weakening ridge along the north tropical
Queensland coast. A trough lies over the tropical interior and over the southern
Queensland coast. Another high over the Great Australian Bight extends a ridge
across western and southern Queensland.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Fine and mostly sunny in the west and southern interior. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms over the northeast tropics, mostly inland. Cloudy
with patchy rain, showers and isolated thunderstorms over central and southeast
districts, contracting slowly east during the day. Light to moderate SE to NE
winds over the eastern tropics, shifting SW to SE elsewhere and tending moderate
to fresh and gusty at times over the west and northwest. A Severe fire danger in
the North West district. A Very High fire danger in the Channel Country, Central
West, Maranoa and Warrego and the Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts.
Forecast for Monday
The trough and any associated patchy rain and thunderstorms will contract off
the central and Wide Bay coasts during the morning. A strong high over the
eastern Great Australian Bight should push a strengthening ridge with an onshore
flow and showers affecting Queensland's eastern districts. The high should also
maintain a flow of dry air over Queensland's interior, resulting in fine and
mostly sunny conditions; though fire danger will remain at least very high over
parts of the interior.
Forecast for Tuesday
The high is expected to move across southeast Australia and extend a firm
ridge along most of the east Queensland coast with fresh to strong SE winds and
isolated showers, tending scattered along the tropical and Capricornia coast.
Isolated showers are likely to spread into the tropical interior. Remaining fine
in the west and southern interior.
Forecast for Wednesday
The high will move east into the western Tasman Sea maintaining a firm ridge
along central and tropical coasts with fresh to strong SE winds and isolated
showers, tending scattered along the North Tropical Coast. The high will
continue to push moisture into the tropical interior and into northwest parts of
the state with isolated showers expected. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will
occur over remaining parts of the state. Maximum temperatures will warm through
the southern interior due to N'ly winds ahead of trough entering central
Australia.
Outlook for Thursday, Friday and Saturday
The high pressure system is expected to move slowly eastwards into the Tasman
Sea relaxing the ridge and SE winds along the east Queensland coast, with
isolated showers slowly contracting north but remaining scattered about the
north tropical coast. Isolated showers may occur about the Gulf Country.
Conditions should remain fine though partly cloudy over the interior. A trough
is expected to move over New South Wales  and east near the southern Queensland
border during Friday and Saturday, though with little or no rainfall expected.
Warm temperatures will occur over southern Queensland ahead of this trough.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Sunday.
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