Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 1/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Strong Wind Warning has been issued for waters south of
Noosa, including Moreton Bay, for Saturday.
Flood Warnings are current for various rivers east of a line from about
Rockhampton to St George.
A Fire Weather Warning is current for the North West and Channel Country
districts and parts of the Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders,
Central West 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 surface trough lies from the northwest of the state through the central
interior to the southeast coast, and will move eastwards and contract off the
southeast coast during Saturday morning. An upper trough is also moving
eastwards over southeastern Queensland and should also contract offshore during
Saturday morning. A high in the Great Australian Bight extends a ridge over
western and central Queensland and another ridge will develop over southeast
Queensland on Saturday in the wake of the trough.
Forecast for the rest of Saturday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will clear from far eastern
districts during the early morning. Isolated showers will persist about the
coast south of Bundaberg, the southern border ranges and the far southern
Granite Belt.  Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state apart from
isolated showers and thunderstorms over the far northern tropics. Cooler across
the southern and central interior with moderate S to SW winds but remaining warm
across the north of the state and about much of the east coast. Moderate SW to
NW winds elsewhere, with NE sea breezes about much of the east coast, however a
fresh to strong S to SE wind change will move through far southern waters during
the afternoon. Powerful surf conditions developing about the east coast of
Fraser, Moreton and Stradbroke Islands and exposed beaches in the afternoon.
Forecast for Sunday
The surface trough will continue northwards along the east coast with a fresh
S to SE wind change in its wake extending north into the southern tropics, with
strong winds persisting over far southern waters. Powerful surf conditions are
also expected to continue about the east coast of Fraser, Moreton and Stradbroke
Islands. Mostly fine conditions will occur along the coast south of about Mackay
with only isolated showers expected. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will
persist over the tropics. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere in the dry southerly
flow. Maximum temperatures will generally be below the February average in the
south with the humid conditions easing. However, temperatures will continue to
be several degrees above average through the tropics.
Forecast for Monday
Fine and sunny conditions are expected across most of the state under the
influence of a large high moving  across southeast Australia and into the Tasman
Sea during the day. A moist onshore flow will generate isolated showers along
the east coast south of Bowen, extending inland as far as Emerald, with isolated
showers and thunderstorms over the Peninsula District. Fresh to strong winds S
to SE winds are likely to persist about southern coastal waters as a firm ridge
extends over southern waters. Maximum temperatures will remain generally below
the February average in the south and above average through the tropics.
Forecast for Tuesday
The strong high is expected to move slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea
and will continue to extend a firm ridge along much of the east coast of
Queensland. The ridge is expected to maintain fresh to strong S to SE winds
about the east coast south of about Mackay. The onshore flow about the east
coast should feed isolated showers onto the east coast and adjacent inland with
scattered activity about the northern tropical coast. Isolated thunderstorms
about the Peninsula and northern Gulf Country districts. Fine and mostly sunny
elsewhere. Remaining cooler than average about the southeast of the state.
Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The large high will remain slow moving near New Zealand through the outlook
period and is expected to weaken. The ridge along the east coast will therefore
also weaken with the S to SE winds slowly easing. The onshore flow will maintain
isolated showers about the east coast and adjacent inland through the outlook
period. Isolated showers and thunderstorms should persist through the tropics.
Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Saturday.
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