Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

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

Warning Summary at issue time
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Weather Situation
A high [1017 hPa] over the Tasman Sea is maintaining a weak ridge along
Queensland's east coast. The monsoon trough lies cross northern Cape York
Peninsula to Tropical Cyclone "Tim" [984 hPa], which at 4pm EST was about 500
kilometres east-northeast of Cairns and moving east-southeast. Tropical Cyclone
"Tim" is expected to continue moving east-southeast over the northwest Coral Sea
during the next day or so. Tropical Cyclone Sandra was moving south over the
northern Tasman Sea.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over northern Cape York
Peninsula, with more isolated showers and thunderstorms about the Gulf Country.
Isolated showers about the north tropical coast. Isolated morning showers along
exposed parts of the southern Queensland coast. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere,
apart from some patchy cloud over the southern interior. Powerful surf along
exposed beaches in Queensland's southeast. Moderate mostly SE to SW winds,
tending fresh and gusty along parts of the east coast.
Forecast for Friday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula, with
more isolated showers and thunderstorms about the Gulf Country. Isolated showers
about the north tropical coast and along exposed parts of the southern
Queensland coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A very warm day in the
northwest. Powerful surf along exposed beaches in Queensland's southeast, easing
later in the day. Moderate to fresh SE to SW winds along the east coast, tending
mostly moderate SE to NE elsewhere.
Forecast for Saturday
Tropical Cyclone "Tim" is likely to become slow moving but remain well off
the tropical east coast and dry air across Queensland should result in fine and
mostly sunny conditions persisting across most of the state, except for
scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over Cape York Peninsula and the
eastern parts of the Gulf Country. Isolated showers may also occur about parts
of the southern tropical, Capricornia and southern coasts. Daytime temperatures
should be above average over the northwest.
Forecast for Sunday
At this stage, Tropical Cyclone "Tim" is likely to weaken off the tropical
east coast.  Isolated showers about the tropical and Capricornia coasts are
likely to increase to scattered showers later in the day as moist onshore SE
winds increase due to this system offshore. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms should persist over Cape York Peninsula and the eastern parts of
the Gulf Country. A trough and southerly change is likely to bring late showers
to southeast districts, after some early morning fog patches. There is the
chance of isolated thunderstorms particularly near the southern border ranges.
Dry air across the remainder of Queensland should result in fine and mostly
sunny conditions persisting across most of the remainder of the state. Daytime
temperatures should be above average over the northwest and southeast of the
state, but cooler in the southwest.
Forecast for Monday
The trough and southerly change is likely to spread north along the east
coast as a new high moves over southeast Australia and towards the Tasman Sea.
As a result, showers are likely to spread along most of the east Queensland
coast and inland into the eastern interior. Cooler conditions will spread to the
southeast of the state in the wake of the change. At this stage, the weakened
ex-Tropical Cyclone is likely to drift back towards the tropical coast as a low,
with an increase in showers, rain and isolated thunderstorms and strong and
gusty winds, but there is still some uncertainty associated with this. An inland
trough is likely to generate isolated afternoon and evening showers over the
southern interior. Fine in the west of the state.
Outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The high is likely to move across the Tasman Sea during the period with a
strong ridge and gusty SE winds along most of the east Queensland coast with
showers, spreading into the eastern interior. At this stage, there is still
uncertainty associated with the outlook for the tropics with forecasts highly
dependent on the movement of the tropical low. Early indications suggest that
the tropical low is likely to have moved over the tropical coast with widespread
showers, areas of rain and some thunderstorms with some heavy falls, possibly
spreading into the adjacent eastern tropical interior. These conditions are
likely to contract northwards and ease late in the week. An inland trough may
generate isolated afternoon and evening showers and possible thunderstorms over
the central and southern interior. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms
over the far north. Fine in the far west of the state.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Friday.
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