Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 14/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Flood Warning is current for the Balonne River.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high near Tasmania should maintain a ridge of high pressure along
Queensland's east coast over the next few days. An upper level trough lies
across Queensland's southern districts, and a weak surface trough lies through
Queensland's central interior.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northern tropics and central
interior, more widespread about Queensland's western districts. Scattered
showers tending to rain periods at times with some moderate local falls and the
chance of some isolated thunderstorms about the east coast and nearby inland
areas between about Cairns and St. Lawrence.  Scattered showers and the chance
of some isolated storms over the remainder of the state's far east.  Mostly fine
over the southeast interior with just isolated showers and the chance of some
isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to fresh SE winds about the east coast and
light to moderate SE to NE winds over the interior.
Forecast for Saturday
The high should move into the Tasman Sea just off Tasmania while an upper
level trough lies over eastern Queensland and another, weaker upper trough
enters the Channel Country area from the west. Mainly isolated showers and
thunderstorms over the central and southern interior, more widespread about the
western districts. A moist onshore should allow scattered showers and some
isolated thunderstorms continue about the state's far east, and some locally
moderate falls and rain periods are possible between over the coast and nearby
inland areas between about Cairns and St. Lawrence. Mostly fine over the
southeast interior though there is just the chance of some isolated showers and
storms in the region.
Forecast for Sunday
The high should drift a little further east of Tasmania while a broad upper
trough is expected to lie across southern and central Queensland. Isolated
showers and storms over the Peninsula district, the northern and southern
interior and the Channel Country, and more widespread showers and storms over
the state's northwest.  Fine and mostly sunny over the Central Highlands and
southern interior.  An onshore wind flow should maintain scattered showers and
some isolated thunderstorms about the state's eastern districts.
Forecast for Monday
An onshore flow should maintain scattered showers about most of the eastern
districts, and showers should also increase during the day about the southeast
coast. Fine and mostly sunny over the southern interior.  An upper level trough
over state's west should allow mainly isolated showers and storms to form over
the western districts, more widespread about the northwest.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The outlook for early next week will depend largely on the movement and
strength of the upper trough as it passes eastwards across the state. At this
stage the most likely scenario is that the upper trough will maintain a broad
area of showers and some isolated thunderstorms over the state's southeast, but
that conditions will become fine and mostly sunny over the Channel Country early
in the outlook period.  Isolated showers and storms continuing over the
remainder of the interior early in the outlook period, possibly contracting into
the western districts during the week. It is likely that an easing trend in the
weather along the east coast will develop from Wednesday onwards.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Friday.
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