Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 6/13 - 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 North West, Channel
Country and Central West districts and parts of the Northern Goldfields and
Upper Flinders and Maranoa and Warrego districts.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high over southeast Australia extends a ridge along the east coast of
Queensland which will persist during Monday as the high moves eastwards into the
Tasman Sea. A surface trough will remain slow moving over central Australia with
a prolonged hot spell occurring through western Queensland due to N'ly winds
ahead of this trough.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Isolated showers about eastern districts, scattered along the northeast
tropical coast. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northern Peninsula
and western Gulf Country, increasing to scattered showers and thunderstorms
through Torres Strait. Isolated gusty showers and thunderstorms through the
southwest of the state though with little or no rain. Remaining very warm
through western Queensland and the Peninsula and Gulf Country districts with
moderate to fresh SE to NE winds, gusty at times. Moderate to fresh SE winds
along the east coast, gusty north of Fraser Island. Very High to Severe fire
dangers in the Channel Country, North West, Central West districts and for parts
of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders district and Maranoa and Warrego
districts.
Forecast for Monday
Showers will remain scattered along the northeast tropical coast but should
decrease to isolated along the remaining east coast during the morning. Isolated
light showers extending into the eastern interior. A monsoon trough will deepen
through the Gulf of Papua and northwestern Coral Sea, with rain areas developing
through Torres Strait. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through the
remaining Peninsula district and near the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Mostly fine
conditions through western Queensland with just the chance of isolated gusty
showers and thunderstorms though with little or no rain. Temperatures will
remain well above the January average through western districts of Queensland
and the western tropics. Moderate SE to NE winds, fresh at times about the east
coast and over the interior. Very High to Severe fire dangers in the North West,
Channel Country and Central West districts and parts of the Northern Goldfields
and Upper Flinders and Maranoa and Warrego districts. Very High fire dangers in
the Peninsula, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Capricornia and Darling Downs and
Granite Belt districts.
Forecast for Tuesday
A trough will approach the southwestern border of the state and become slow
moving. Warm to hot N'ly winds will  continue to affect western Queensland and
extend into the southeastern interior. The monsoon trough will most likely
continue to deepen through the Gulf of Papua and the northwestern Coral Sea with
rain areas and storms persisting through Torres Strait and scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms through the remaining Peninsula district. A weak ridge
will persist along the east Queensland coast, with isolated showers moving onto
the coast and adjacent inland in the onshore wind flow north of about Fraser
Island, remaining more scattered about the northeast tropical coast. Conditions
should remain fine through the interior apart from the chance of isolated
showers and storms in the far west.
Forecast for Wednesday
The ridge along the east coast will continue to weaken whilst a trough is
likely to move northwards into the far south of the state. This trough may
trigger isolated showers and thunderstorms about the southeast interior,
particularly over the ranges. The monsoon trough should persist through the Gulf
of Papua and northwestern Coral Sea with rain areas and storms through Torres
Strait. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected elsewhere in the
Peninsula district and about the Gulf Country. Isolated showers will persist
about the North Tropical Coast in the weak onshore flow. Fine conditions are
expected elsewhere. Maximum temperatures will be well above the January average
across much of the state, particularly through western and southern
districts.
Forecast for Thursday
The surface trough should lie from the northern Channel Country to the
western Darling Downs with a weak upper trough lying in a similar position. A
weak southerly change may also move north through far southern coastal waters.
The combination of the surface trough and weak instability may trigger isolated
showers and thunderstorms about the southeast of the state and also about the
Central Highlands and Coalfields district. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
will continue about Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. The
remainder of the state should be fine with maximum temperatures remaining well
above the January average across most of the state.
Outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
A trough will most likely remain slow moving near the southern Queensland
border during the outlook period. Hot conditions will persist through much of
the state, with maximum temperatures expected to be 5 to 10 degrees above the
January average through southern and western districts in particular during the
outlook period. The monsoon trough will persist through the northwestern Coral
Sea where a weak low may form. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will
continue through the Peninsula district, increasing to rain at times through
Torres Strait. Mostly fine conditions are expected through remaining parts of
the state, with just the chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms near the
southern border and through the far northwest though with little or no rain.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Monday.
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