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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