Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 18/13 - 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 has been issued for the southeast
waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria for Wednesday morning.
A Strong Wind Warning has been issued for coastal waters between Double Island
Point and Point Danger for Wednesday afternoon and evening.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high south over South Australia extends a ridge of high pressure across
Queensland. A low is drifting gradually eastwards across the Tasman Sea. The two
systems are combining to push dry and cool S to SW winds across most of
Queensland.
Forecast for the rest of Tuesday
Fine and clear conditions across most of the state except for some patchy
rain over the northern parts of the Peninsula district. Light to moderate
southwest to southeast winds, fresh at times along the northern coast.
Forecast for Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with patchy rain about the northern Peninsula. Isolated showers
developing in the afternoon about exposed parts of the southeast coast in a
fresh to strong southerly airstream. Fine and sunny elsewhere in the state
although there will be widespread areas of early frost over the southern and
southeast interior, and also about parts of the central interior. Light to
moderate southwest to southeast winds, fresh at times along the northern
coast.
Forecast for Thursday
The ridge will persist over much of Queensland but weaken as a new low
pressure system moves into the Great Australian Bight. An upper trough
approaching western Queensland should extend a cloud band over northern and
central parts of the state, though with little or no rain except over the
northern reaches of Cape York Peninsula where patchy rain is likely. Isolated
showers about the exposed coast in the southeast will continue in the southerly
airstream. It will remain fine and mostly sunny elsewhere in the state with only
areas of early frost over the southeast and central interior.
Forecast for Friday
The upper trough will move slowly east into central Queensland and extend a
cloud and rain band across eastern and northern districts. Fine conditions will
prevail in most western districts as a southwesterly airstream advects dry air
into this part of the state. Increasing cloud cover and low level moisture will
contract the risk of frost to the Granite Belt. An upper level low will move
into South Australia late in the day.
Forecast for Saturday
The upper trough will move off the east coast early in the morning taking the
cloud and rain band to sea along with it. There may be some lingering patchy
rain in the Peninsula and isolated showers about the east coast especially in
the southeast and in the tropics. The upper low will move towards southwest
Queensland leading to an increase in instability and potential for isolated
showers in southern parts of the state. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will
continue across the rest of the state.
Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
At this stage this there is a lot of uncertainty with the movement of the
upper level low. The most likely scenario has the upper level low moving east
along the New South Wales and Queensland border increasing the potential for
showers and even thunderstorms in southern districts, possibly even extending
into central districts on Monday, before moving off the southeast coast on
Tuesday with improving conditions. If the upper level low moves a bit further
south, fine and mostly sunny will become dominant across much of the state under
the influence of a dry southwesterly airstream. However, if the upper level low
moves further north there will be an increase in weather in southern and central
parts of the state.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Wednesday.
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