Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 3/12 - 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 Monday for areas south
of a line from Mt. Isa to Winton to Roma and Goondiwindi.
A Fire Weather Warning has been issued for Tuesday for most of the state except
the far eastern tropics and the far northern districts.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A weak ridge of high pressure lies along the east coast of Queensland and is
pushing hot to very hot northerly winds across the state ahead of a weak trough
over the interior.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Scattered showers and isolated gusty thunderstorms over the central, southern
and southeast interior districts, spreading to the southeast coast during the
evening. Mostly fine over the western districts except for some isolated showers
and thunderstorms in the far northwest. Light to moderate SW to NW winds over
most of the state, with moderate to fresh NW to NE winds about the east coast.
Very High to Severe fire dangers over western districts and the southern
interior.
Forecast for Tuesday
Fine and partly cloudy with very hot over the state's southeast with dry and
gusty westerly winds and severe to extreme fire dangers.  Fine, partly cloudy
and hot to very hot over the remaining eastern districts and the northern
districts and central interior, except for some isolated showers and
thunderstorms about the Wide Bay and Burnett district, the southeast tropics and
the Gulf of Carpentaria coast, and some isolated showers about the Torres
Strait.  Moderate to fresh S to SW winds and daytime temperatures a little below
average over the state's southern and western interior.  Light to moderate N to
NW winds over the eastern districts, fresh and gusty about the southeast.  A
severe fire danger over most of the state except the far northern districts and
the eastern tropics, and an extreme fire danger in the southeast.
Forecast for Wednesday
The surface trough is expected to contract east off the Fraser Coast into the
southern Coral Sea but slope back into the tropics. Isolated shower and
thunderstorm activity should therefore contract north into the far northern
districts and the eastern tropics. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.  A high
pressure system in the Great Australian Bight is expected to move slowly
eastwards towards southeastern Australia bringing milder conditions to the
western interior, though dry southerly winds will still produce elevated fire
dangers over a lot of the state.
Forecast for Thursday
The high pressure system should move east over southeastern Australia and
into the Tasman Sea extending a ridge along the east coast of Queensland,
contracting the trough into the northern interior. Fresh SE winds will extend
north along the east coast to the tropics, injecting moisture into the southern
tropical interior. Isolated showers along the east coast with the focus for
thunderstorm activity shifting into the tropics and northern parts of the
central interior. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will occur over remaining
parts of the state. Dry air will continue to bring enhanced fire dangers to the
western interior districts.
Forecast for Friday
The high should remain over the Tasman Sea and an associated onshore flow
should produce mostly fine conditions over the state's southeast, though some
isolated showers are possible about the coast, mainly in the morning.  Isolated
showers and thunderstorms are expected east of the surface trough over the
eastern tropics, central interior and far northern districts.  Fine and mostly
sunny in the southern interior.
Outlook for Saturday, Sunday and Monday
The ridge should persist along the east coast, maintaining mainly fine
conditions about the eastern districts, though some mainly isolated showers are
possible about some of the eastern districts with an onshore wind flow. The
surface trough should remain stretched between the northwest and the southeast
interior, with some isolated showers and thunderstorms possible near the trough.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Tuesday.
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