Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 19/12 - 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 parts of the Channel
Country and Warrego districts for the rest of today.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A surface trough, lying from the northwest of the state to the southern
interior, will remain slow moving during the next 48 hours. An upper level
trough is approaching over the southwest will move eastwards into the southeast
of the state by late Thursday.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Scattered showers and gusty thunderstorms in a broad band from the northwest
of the state, through the central interior and into the southeast of the state.
Some of the thunderstorms in this band may be severe with some areas of thundery
rain also expected. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms may reach
coastal areas south of about Bowen late in the day. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms over the southeast tropics.  Fine and mostly clear in the state's
far northeast. Cloudy with the chance of some isolated gusty thunderstorms over
the southwest of the state. Light to moderate NW to NE winds over most of the
state, fresh at times along the southeast coast. Moderate to fresh SW to SE
winds and a Severe fire danger over the southwest of the state. A  Very High
fire danger over the remainder of the southern and central interior.
Forecast for Thursday
A band of scattered showers, thunderstorms and rain areas extending from the
northwest of the state to the southern interior and spreading eastwards during
the day. Some moderate to locally heavy falls are possible within this band,
especially with thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy about the Capricornia, Wide Bay and
Burnett and far southeast of the state with some patchy rain and isolated
thunderstorms inland. More isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northern
interior. Mostly fine the tropical and central east coast with only isolated
morning showers. Day time temperatures returning to near the December average
across the interior due to the cloud band but remaining humid. Temperatures will
remain above average about the southeast.  Light to moderate NW to NE winds over
most of the state. Moderate to fresh S to SE winds in the far southwest. A Very
High fire danger in the Central Highlands and Coalfields district.
Forecast for Friday
The surface trough is likely to remain over Queensland's southwest while the
upper level trough should move further northwards to lie from the northwest to
the Central Coast region by late in the day. The cloud band with scattered
showers, patchy rain areas and thunderstorms should stretch from the northwest,
through the central interior and into the southeast of the state with some
moderate to locally heavy falls possible. More isolated thunderstorms are
expected about the Capricornia and Wide Bay districts late in the day. Mostly
fine in the far northeast of the state and the central coast with only isolated
showers. Fine and partly cloudy in the state's far southwest.
Forecast for Saturday
A high in the Tasman Sea should extend a ridge along the east coast of
Queensland with the surface trough retreating southwestwards out of the state.
The upper level trough should stretch from the northwest of the state to the
Central Coast, whilst a new upper trough should enter the southwest of the
state. Scattered showers, thunderstorms and patchy rain areas should persist in
a broad band from the northwest of the state through the central interior, into
the southeast of the state. Isolated showers are expected about the east coast
and adjacent inland in the moist onshore flow. Fine and partly cloudy in the far
southwest of the state.
Forecast for Sunday
The ridge is exposed to persist about the east coast with isolated showers
about the southeast coastal districts. The upper trough is likely to lie from
the northwest of the state into the southern interior and this will maintain
unstable conditions across most of the remainder of the state. Scattered showers
and thunderstorms are expected to persist through most of the state with some
areas of rain, most likely through the tropics. The far southwest should be fine
and partly cloudy.
Outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
The upper trough should lie across the north of the state on Monday with
scattered showers, thunderstorms and rain areas generally persisting in the
tropics throughout the outlook period. Isolated showers are likely to continue
about the east coast on Monday whilst the remainder of the state should see only
isolated showers and thunderstorms. Another upper trough is likely to move
across the state during Tuesday and Wednesday with a band of showers,
thunderstorms and rain areas moving east across the state and into the southeast
of the state on Wednesday. A southerly change is likely to move through far
southern waters during Wednesday.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Thursday.
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