MELBOURNE - Jan 24/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Warning Summary at issue time A Severe Weather Warning is current for the Northern Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett Forecast Districts. A Wind Warning is current for coastal waters between Torres Strait and Point Danger, including Hervey Bay. A Fire Weather Warning is current for areas west of Camooweal to Hughenden to Charleville to Hungerford. Flood Warnings are current in the North Tropical Coast, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/qld Weather Situation The monsoon trough lies from the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, to Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald, over land to the about 30 kilometres west-southwest of Townsville, then along the Queensland east coast to near Gladstone. The trough and low are expected to move slowly southwards over the next couple of days. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Moderate to heavy rain areas with squalls and isolated thunderstorms about eastern districts and adjacent inland areas between about Cardwell and Fraser Island. Scattered showers and thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula, tending isolated about remaining eastern and southern inland districts. Scattered showers about the southeast coast with rain areas north of the Brisbane. Fine and mostly clear over the western and southern interior. Fresh to strong and gusty W to NW winds about the tropics and the east coast north of Double Island Point. Moderate to fresh SE to E winds elsewhere. Severe fire dangers over the Northwest, Central West, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Maranoa and Warrego and Channel Country districts. Very High fire dangers in the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Gulf Country and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Forecast for Friday Moderate to heavy rain areas with squalls and isolated thunderstorms about eastern districts and adjacent inland between Townsville and the Sunshine Coast. Scattered showers and thunderstorms over the remaining northern tropics. Cloudy with rain areas about the remaining southeast coast district. Isolated showers and thunderstorms about remaining eastern inland districts. Fine and mostly sunny over southern and western parts. Fresh to strong and gusty NW to NE winds about much of the east coast and the tropics. Moderate to fresh S to SE winds elsewhere. Severe to Extreme fire dangers about the North West, Channel Country and Central West and Maranoa and Warrego districts. Very High fire dangers about the Gulf Country and Upper Flinders and Goldfields districts. Forecast for Saturday The monsoon trough and low are expected to continue moving slowly south-southeastwards over land near the Capricornia coast. This will maintain squally, moderate to heavy rain periods and isolated thunderstorms about eastern districts and adjacent inland between about Mackay and the Sunshine Coast. Weaker, humid monsoon westerly flow will continue over the northern tropics, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The upper trough over eastern Queensland will combine with moist onshore winds to trigger scattered showers and rain areas about the remaining southeast coast and adjacent inland, tending to isolated showers in the southeast interior. Fine and mostly sunny over southern and western parts. Very warm to hot conditions in the northwest of the state. Forecast for Sunday The monsoon low is likely to be in the vicinity of the Capricorn or Wide Bay coast and should lead to rain areas, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southeast of the state, heaviest near the low. However the considerable uncertainty in the evolution of the forecasts at this stage, depending on the movement of the low. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue in the moderate monsoon flow over the far north, tending more isolated about remaining eastern districts and the southeast interior. Fine and warm to hot conditions in the northwest. Forecast for Monday There is considerable uncertainty at this stage with regard to the movement of the low pressure system. Rain areas and isolated showers about the far southeast of the state should ease during the day. Scattered showers and thunderstorms should continue about the far north of the state with isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere in the tropics and also about the southeast interior. Fine through the west and the central and southern interior. Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are likely to persist through the tropics in a moderate monsoonal wind flow. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are likely to persist about the remainder of the east coast and adjacent inland through the outlook period in the onshore flow. Fine and mostly sunny through much of inland Queensland. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST Friday. 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