Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 25/13 - 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 damaging winds, heavy
rainfall, abnormally high tides and dangerous surf for the Wide Bay and Burnett
and Southeast Coast forecast districts and parts of the Darling Downs and
Granite Belt forecast district.
A Severe Weather Warning is current for damaging winds and heavy rainfall for
the Capricornia forecast district and parts of the Central Highlands and
Coalfields Forecast districts.
A Wind Warning is current for coastal waters between Bowen and Point Danger,
including Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay.
A Fire Weather Warning is current for the Channel Country, Central West and
North West districts and parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders
districts.
Flood Warnings are current for many rivers over eastern Queensland.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald is located over eastern parts of the Central
Highlands and Coalfields district and is currently slow moving. Ex-Tropical
Cyclone Oswald is expected to move slowly to the south-southeast late today and
continue to move slowly southwards over the next few days with heavy rain areas
and damaging winds extending into the southeast region.
Forecast for the rest of Saturday
Rain areas generally over the greater southeast region with heavy falls
through the southern Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, southeast parts of the
Central Highlands and Coalfields, extending southwards into the Southeast Coast
and eastern parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts tonight.
Patchy rain areas may also extend through the Maranoa and Warrego district,
mainly over eastern parts. Scattered showers and thunderstorms continuing over
Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers and thunderstorms about the eastern
southern tropics and central interior. Strong to gale force winds persisting
about the central and southeast coasts. Fine and sunny in the west with fresh
and gusty S to SE winds. Severe fire dangers in the North West, Channel Country,
Central West and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders districts. A Very High
fire danger in the Maranoa and Warrego district. Moderate to fresh W to NW winds
across the tropics. Moderate to fresh NW to SW winds along the northeast
tropical coast. Strong to gale force and gusty E to NE winds about the central
and southeast coast. Rough surf, abnormally high tides and some coastal erosion
about the Wide Bay and Southeast Coast districts.
Forecast for Sunday
Ex Tropical Cyclone Oswald will remain slow moving over eastern parts of the
Central Highlands and Coalfields district. Rain areas with heavy falls will
persist about the Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast and the
Darling Downs and Granite Belts districts. Rain areas may also persist about the
eastern parts of the Maranoa and Warrego district. Damaging winds are also
likely to persist about Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast and parts of the
Darling Downs districts. Rough surf, abnormally high tides and some coastal
erosion about the Wide Bay and Southeast Coast districts. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms over the eastern interior. Scattered showers and thunderstorms
about Cape York Peninsula. Fine and mostly sunny over the central interior and
western parts of the state with fresh southerly winds leading to elevated fire
dangers.
Forecast for Monday
Ex Tropical Cyclone Oswald is likely to continue to move southwards into the
far southeast of the state and may move into northern New South Wales late in
the day. Rain areas about the southeast corner of the state are only likely to
gradually decrease and further heavy falls are possible. Damaging winds may also
persist about the Southeast Coast with rough surf, abnormally high tides and
some coastal erosion likely to continue about the Southeast Coast district.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist about Cape York Peninsula with
isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere in the northeast tropics. Fine
about the remainder of the state with elevated fire dangers likely to persist
about west and central interior.
Forecast for Tuesday
A weak trough is likely to persist about the southeast of the state leading
to early scattered showers that should clear during the day. The strong winds
over the southeast of the state should ease with the dangerous surf conditions
gradually starting to ease late in the day. Scattered showers and thunderstorms
should persist about Cape York Peninsula. Fine over the remainder of the state
with elevated fire dangers likely to persist in the west and central interior
due to a dry, fresh southerly flow.
Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The next upper trough is likely to move eastwards across southeast Australia
through the outlook period with the next surface trough likely to move eastwards
across the west of the state on Friday. The upper trough is likely to lead to
isolated showers and thunderstorms about the east coast and adjacent inland
areas through the outlook period. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely
to persist about the far north of the state.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Saturday.
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