Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 3/13 - 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 Northwest, and
parts of the Channel Country and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders
districts, and extends further to include parts of the Central West and Maranoa
and Warrego districts for later today.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the Queensland east coast. A
surface trough lies over the far southwest of the state. Ex-Tropical Cyclone
Freda lies over New Caledonia and is continuing to move towards the
southeast.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms near the Gulf of Carpentaria coast, also
developing about parts of the southeast and central interior during the
afternoon. Isolated showers about the east coast, tending scattered at times
about the North Tropical Coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Very warm to
hot over western and southern Queensland. Light to moderate SE to NE winds,
fresh about the east coast. A severe fire danger over the Northwest and Channel
Country, and parts of the Central West, Maranoa and Warrego, and Northern
Goldfields and Upper Flinders districts. A very high fire danger in the Central
Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, and Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Forecast for Saturday
The stable upper pattern, combined with a firm ridge along the east coast,
will maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions for majority of the state.
Isolated showers are expected along the east coast, and isolated showers and
thunderstorms near the Gulf of Carpentaria coast, tending more scattered over
the northern Peninsula and Torres Strait. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are
may also develop over the far southwest during the afternoon, but little
rainfall is expected. Remaining hot over western districts.
Forecast for Sunday
The firm ridge is expected to persist along the east coast, maintaining fine
and mostly sunny conditions across the state. Isolated showers continuing about
eastern districts tending to scattered in parts of  the North Tropical Coast.
Showers are also likely to become more scattered over the southeast with the
assistance of an upper level trough, and isolated showers are likely to
penetrate further inland to the eastern Darling Downs and south Burnett.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over northwest parts of the state, and also
over the far southwest. Showers and thunderstorms becoming more scattered over
the far northern Peninsula and Torres Strait as a weak monsoon trough develops
over the Arafura Sea and Papua New Guinea. Hot again over western districts.
Forecast for Monday
The firm ridge is expected to persist along the east coast, maintaining fine
and mostly sunny conditions across the state. Isolated showers continuing about
eastern districts, more scattered about the southeast, and also about the
northeast tropics. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over northwest parts of
the state, tending scattered with the possibility of some rain areas developing
over the far north and Torres Strait. Hot over the western districts.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The ridge along the east coast is likely to weaken on Tuesday, with showers
along the east coast becoming more isolated along the southern coast. A surface
trough will move over southern Queensland on Wednesday, with very hot conditions
spreading eastwards to the southeast coast. It is likely to be too dry ahead of
this system to support any significant shower or thunderstorm activity, although
a few showers may return to the east coast on Thursday as a new ridge develops
along the coast. In the tropics, the monsoon trough is likely to remain in the
Torres Strait area, leading to showers, thunderstorms and rain areas over the
northern Peninsula and Torres Strait.
Remaining fine and mainly sunny across most of the rest of the rest of the
state. Isolated showers and thunderstorms about the Gulf of Carpentaria
coast.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Friday.
Notice Board
Northwest Queensland weather radar installation complete
Media Releases
Meteorological Offices
Cairns weather
Charleville weather
Longreach weather
Mackay weather
Mount Isa weather
Rockhampton weather
Townsville weather
Weipa weather
Other Information
About Weather Forecast Services
About Warning Services
Warnings
Water
Climate
Environment
Tropical Cyclones
Tsunami Warning Centre
Agriculture - Water and the Land
Marine & Ocean
UV & Sun Protection
Rainfall & River Conditions
Graphical Views
Radar
Maps
Rainfall Forecasts
Seasonal Outlooks
Climate Variability & Change
Climate Data Online
Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts
Water Storage
Forecast Explorer™
National Weather Services
Aviation Weather Services
Defence Services
Space Weather Services
Registered User Services
Commercial Weather Services
Careers
Sitemap
Feedback
Freedom of Information
Indigenous Weather Knowledge
Glossary
This page was created at 00:00 on Friday  4 January 2013 (GMT)
© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2013, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility
var hostname = window.location.hostname;
var host = hostname.split(".");
if (host[0] == "reg")
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
else if (host[0] == "www")
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
else if (host[0] == "wdev")
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

---

STAT News Service