Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 8/13 - 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 Channel Country and
Maranoa and Warrego districts, and parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt
district for Wednesday.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for coastal waters south of Double Island
Point, including Moreton Bay.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A surface trough is expected to move north over the southern interior of
Queensland during today. A hot airmass ahead of this trough will spread to most
parts of the state and is expected to remain over most of the state for a number
days. A monsoon trough is developing across the Gulf of Papua and northwestern
Coral Sea. A low is expected to form on the trough over the next couple of days.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Rain areas and thunderstorms will persist through Torres Strait. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms about the Gulf of Carpentaria coast and far north of
Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers about the north tropical coast. Fine and
mostly sunny elsewhere although isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms may
occur in a band extending from the central interior into inland parts of the
southeast, though little or no rainfall is expected. Hot to very hot
temperatures across much of the state. Light to moderate NE to NW winds over
most of the state, fresh and gusty about the southern coast. Fresh and gusty S
to SW winds over the southwest and southern interior. Extreme fire dangers over
southeast parts of the Maranoa and Warrego and far southwest parts of the
Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Severe fire dangers for the Channel
Country, remainder of the Maranoa and Warrego, and parts of the Darling Downs
and Granite Belt district for Wednesday. A Very High fire danger for the
remainder of the interior of the state as well as the Capricornia, Wide and
Burnett and Southeast Coast districts.
Forecast for Thursday
The surface trough is expected to become slow moving over the Queensland
interior. A weak southerly change may also move northwards over far southern
coastal waters. Isolated showers and thunderstorms may occur in a band extending
from the northern interior of the state into the central and southeast inland,
though little or no rainfall is expected. Isolated showers and thunderstorms
will continue about the Peninsula and Gulf Country districts. Fine and mostly
sunny conditions should occur over the remainder of the state. Hot to very hot
daytime temperatures, well above the January average, will continue over much of
the state.
Forecast for Friday
The trough situated over the Queensland interior is expected to move
westwards towards central Australia. A high situated to the east of New Zealand
will redevelop a weak ridge along the Queensland east coast. Isolated showers
and thunderstorms may occur across western districts, through the central
interior into the southeastern interior, though little or no rainfall is
expected. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will occur across northwest
districts and the Peninsula district. Isolated showers may also develop along
the central coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions should occur over the
remainder of the state. Hot to very hot daytime temperatures, well above the
January average, will persist over much of the state.
Forecast for Saturday
The weak high to the northeast of New Zealand will continue extend a weak
ridge along much of the Queensland coast with isolated coastal showers north of
about Rockhampton. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will occur across
northwest districts and the Peninsula district. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms may also develop about the Granite Belt. Fine and mostly sunny
conditions will continue elsewhere in the state.  Hot to very hot daytime
temperatures, well above the January average, will continue over much of the
state.
Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
A trough will most likely remain slow moving near the southern Queensland
border during the outlook period. Hot daytime temperatures will persist through
much of the state, with maximum temperatures expected to be 5 to 10 degrees
above the January average during the outlook period through southern and western
districts in particular. The trough may move through southeastern districts late
Monday or early Tuesday decreasing temperatures and may also produce showers and
isolated thunderstorms about the southeast of the state. The monsoon trough will
continue to be situated across the northwestern Coral Sea. Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms should occur through the Peninsula district. Mostly fine
conditions are expected through remaining parts of the state.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Wednesday.
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