Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 8/12 - 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 Channel Country.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high [1025 hPa] over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over the east
Queensland coast. A surface trough lies over southwest Queensland.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms over western districts, as well as
over the southern and central interior. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over
southeast districts. Showers and thunderstorms tending scattered over the
southeast inland and parts of the central interior in the afternoon and evening.
Patchy morning rain areas over the central and southeast interior. Isolated
showers over the far north and along parts of the tropical coast. Fine though
partly cloudy over the remainder of the state. A warm to hot day over the
interior. Fresh and gusty SE to SW winds spreading over the Channel Country.
Light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere, fresh and gusty over the interior
and at times along the east coast. A Severe to Extreme fire danger in the
Channel Country. A Very High fire danger in the remainder of the western
districts, central districts, Northern Goldfields, Upper Flinders, Darling Downs
and Granite Belt.
Forecast for Monday
A new and stronger high near Tasmania is expected to strengthen the ridge
along the east coast and produce isolated showers about most of the east coast
and adjacent inland, tending more scattered in the southeast. The surface trough
over the southwest is expected to drift a little further westwards, and will
again allow showers and thunderstorms to form in a band from the state's
northwest, through the central interior and into the southern and southeast
interior. Fine over the remainder of the state. Daytime temperatures remaining
above average over the interior.
Forecast for Tuesday
The new high is expected to move into the southern Tasman Sea and maintain
the firm ridge over the east Queensland coast with scattered showers, more
isolated over the adjacent inland. These showers are expected to be more
frequent due to the stronger onshore flow and the influence of an upper trough
over the Coral Sea. The surface trough over the southwest is expected to move
west to near the southwest Queensland border, once again allowing showers and
thunderstorms to continue over the west of the state and across the southern and
southeast interior. Fine over the remainder of the state. Daytime temperatures
remaining a little above average over the west.
Forecast for Wednesday
The high is expected to remain over the southern Tasman, maintaining the firm
ridge over the east Queensland coast. Scattered showers are therefore expected
to continue about the east coast, more isolated over the adjacent inland. Local
thunder is possible over the Southeast Coast due to the upper trough. The upper
trough over the Coral Sea is forecast to intensify, and this will deepen a
surface trough over the eastern Coral Sea. The inland surface trough is expected
to move west of the border, with isolated showers and thunderstorms expected to
contract to western districts. Fine over the remainder of the state. Daytime
temperatures remaining a little above average over the west.
Outlook for Thursday, Friday and Saturday
The high is expected to move slowly east towards New Zealand with the ridge
gradually weakening over the east Queensland coast as a trough over the Coral
Sea moves west and deepens. This will continue to result in an onshore wind flow
with some showers over eastern districts, though this is likely to be more
pronounced along the southeast and Capricornia coast due to the trough offshore.
Increasing winds over the southern Coral Sea may also generate increasing swell
along the southern Queensland coast late in the week and next weekend. The weak
surface trough over central Australia may continue to produce isolated showers
and thunderstorms over the far west and about the Gulf Country on Thursday,
increasing Friday and on the weekend as an upper level trough moves into western
Queensland.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Sunday.
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