Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 11/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Fire Weather Warning is current for parts of the Channel
Country, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for offshore waters from Double Island Point to
Point Danger.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A weak high pressure system [1018 hPa] lies over the southern Coral Sea and
extends a ridge and moist onshore flow onto parts of the tropical coast. A
trough will enter the southwest of the state this morning and move across the
west and southern interior of the state during the day, reaching the western
Darling Downs in the evening.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Morning fog patches through eastern and central districts and near the
southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Mostly cloudy at first near the east
tropical and central coasts and islands with isolated light showers, clearing
during the day. Fine and sunny over the remainder of the state apart from some
high cloud moving east over the far south. Dry, hot and gusty west to northwest
winds ahead of the trough will result in Very High fire dangers through the
Central West, Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite
Belt districts, increasing to Severe southwest of about Bedourie to Millmerran.
A cooler, fresh and gusty southerly wind change will extend east in the wake of
the trough during the afternoon and evening. A very warm day through southeast
and southern central districts with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds.
Moderate east to southeast winds over the northern tropics. Light to moderate
mostly northeast to northwesterly winds elsewhere.
Forecast for Tuesday
The trough will most likely contract off the southeast Queensland coast
during Tuesday morning, with a cooler southwest to southeasterly wind change
extending through areas southwest of about Mount Isa to the Sunshine Coast.
Daytime temperatures will remain well above the August average over remaining
parts of the state away from the tropics. The high pressure system over the
southern Coral Sea will weaken while a new high over South Australia will move
east through New South Wales. A dry airmass will extend through much of the
state with only isolated light showers expected near the northeastern Peninsula
coast. Morning fog patches are likely through eastern and central districts and
near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fire Dangers will most likely
remain at least High over southeastern districts and the central interior due to
a dry and gusty south to southwesterly wind flow in the wake of the trough.
Forecast for Wednesday
The trough is expected to weaken near Fraser Island. A relatively moist north
to northeast wind flow will extend through southern central and southeast
districts, with some cloud and isolated showers expected. The new high pressure
system will move east off the New South Wales coast into the northern Tasman
Sea, extending a ridge and onshore wind flow onto the northeast Queensland coast
with isolated showers, mostly near the east Peninsula coast. Some morning fogs
are likely in the east. Early morning frost patches are possible about the
Maranoa and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts under clear skies and light
winds. A new trough will move east over the southern interior of the state, with
the northerly wind flow ahead of the trough resulting in daytime temperatures
well above the August average once again through western, central and southern
districts.
Forecast for Thursday
The new trough will most likely contract off the southern Queensland coast
during the morning and move north towards Fraser Island, with a dry, cooler
south to southeasterly wind flow extending through western and southern
Queensland in its wake. The trough may produce some patchy cloud and isolated
light showers along the southeast Queensland coast and Fraser Island in the
morning. A new high will develop over New South Wales, maintaining a ridge and
an onshore wind flow onto the east tropical coast with isolated showers
expected. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will occur elsewhere.
Outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The high over New South Wales is expected to move southeast through the
Tasman Sea during the outlook period, extending a ridge and onshore wind flow
onto the east Queensland coast north of about Fraser Island with isolated
showers expected. A new trough will most likely move east through southern
districts during Saturday and Sunday, generating some cloud and some showers
with its passage. Increasing northerly winds ahead of the trough will again
result in increasing fire danger and daytime temperatures well above the August
average through western, southern and central Queensland. This will be followed
by a cool and gusty southerly wind change extending east in the wake of the
trough. Early morning frosts are likely through the southeastern interior on
Friday morning ahead of the warmer northerly wind flow.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Monday.
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