Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 19/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
An area of high pressure will move slowly eastwards across southern
Queensland over the next few days. An upper trough will move over Western
Australia during Monday.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday
Isolated showers over the northern and eastern tropics. Fine and mostly clear
elsewhere. Moderate SW to SE winds, fresh at times about southeast districts and
the northeast tropical coast.
Forecast for Monday
Isolated showers will continue over the northern tropics. High cloud will
increase through southwestern Queensland with possible late patchy rain in the
far southwest. Fine and sunny over remaining parts of the state, with a cold
morning and extensive early frosts expected over the central, southern and
southeastern interior. Light to moderate SW to SE winds, fresh to possibly
strong at times about the northeast tropics.
Forecast for Tuesday
The high pressure system is expected to move east into the southern Coral Sea
whilst the upper trough will approach southwest Queensland late in the day.
Cloud and rain areas will spread eastwards and are expected to lie from the
Channel Country, through the southern Central West to the Maranoa district by
the end of the day. High cloud will increase about the Darling Downs, Wide Bay
and Southeast Coast districts during the day but it should remain fine. Isolated
showers will persist about the northern and eastern tropics and near the
southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fine and partly cloudy conditions are
expected elsewhere. Early frost is again possible about the southern and
southeast interior but is highly dependent on cloud cover.
Forecast for Wednesday
The trough system will continue to move eastwards, extending a rain band
across much of the state, although the northeast tropics should remain mostly
fine with only isolated showers. As the trough moves east the rain will clear
from the west of the state, but a moist, cool southerly airflow will leave
isolated showers and drizzle areas in its wake. An upper low will deepen over
southern Australia and move over southwestern New South Wales late in the day.
Temperatures will be well below average for the time of year in the cloud and
rain band.
Forecast for Thursday
The upper trough will most likely contract offshore of the southern and
central coasts early in the day, though continue to extend back towards the
southern tropics. The cloud band and rain areas should therefore clear off the
southern east coast during the day, but is likely to linger across the southern
tropics. There is also likely to be isolated showers and drizzle areas in
southern parts of the state in the moist, cool southwesterly flow following the
trough. The upper low will move northeast towards southern Queensland.
Outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The upper low will move off the southeast Queensland coast during Friday as
another upper trough amplifies over southern Australia. This new upper trough
will cut-off into a low over interior New South Wales early Saturday and move
northeast over southern Queensland and off the southeast coast during Sunday.
This series of upper troughs and lows will most likely help induce a surface low
or trough during this outlook period. At this stage it most probable that this
low or trough will form off the New South Wales coast or very far southern
Queensland coast, therefore most of the weather associated with any low or
trough will be confined to these areas. The rest of the state should be fine and
mostly sunny in the dry and cool southwesterly airstream, though isolated
showers will persist about the far northeast tropical coast throughout the
outlook period.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Monday.
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