Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 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 Strong Wind Warning is current for coastal waters from
Lockhart River to Cairns.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for southeast Gulf of Carpentaria waters.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Great Australian Bight extends a ridge of
high pressure across Central Australia.    A low in the Tasman Sea will remain
slow moving whilst deepening over the next 24 hours. The two systems are
combining to push cool S to SW winds across the state.
Forecast for the rest of Saturday
Fine and mostly sunny across the state except for isolated showers and
drizzle areas about the southern and southeast interior and some isolated
showers about the coast over the state's far northeast. Daytime temperatures
below average across the southern half of the state. Moderate to fresh south to
southeast winds about the tropics and the western districts. Light to moderate
south to southwest about the state's southeast and over the southern interior,
fresh and gusty at times about the southeast.
Forecast for Sunday
A ridge of high pressure should persist over Central Australia maintaining
fine, cool and partly cloudy conditions across most of the state.  Some isolated
showers about the east coast of the Peninsula district with some patchy rain
areas through the Torres Strait.  Areas of morning frost over the southeast and
southern interior.
Forecast for Monday
The ridge should persist across Central Australia maintaining a flow of dry
and cool southerly winds across most of Queensland. Fine and mostly sunny about
much of the state with only isolated showers about the northern Peninsula
district. Widespread areas of early frost over the southern and southeast
interior, and also about parts of the central interior.
Forecast for Tuesday
The ridge will persist over much of Queensland with a flow of cool, mainly
dry southerly winds across most of the state.  Fine and mostly sunny across most
of the state except for some isolated showers about the Peninsula district.
Areas of morning frost about the remainder of the southern and southeast
interior.
Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Fine and mostly sunny across most of the state mid week.  The ridge of high
pressure should finally move eastwards across southern Australia later in the
week allowing an onshore wind flow and isolated showers to redevelop about the
southeast coast of Queensland from around Thursday.  An upper level trough also
looks set to extend a cloud band and patchy rain areas across western Queensland
from Thursday, extending across most of the remainder of Queensland by the end
of the working week and possibly intensifying.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Saturday.
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