Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 12/13 - 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 [1017 hPa] lies over the southern Coral Sea and
extends a ridge onto the tropical coast. The high will weaken further as a new
high develops over New South Wales. A trough in the southwest of the state will
move rapidly east over the southern interior before contracting off the
southeast coast on Tuesday morning. By Tuesday evening, the trough will extend
from Hervey Bay through the central interior and into the Gulf Country.
Forecast for the rest of Monday
Isolated showers about the northeastern Peninsula coast. Fine and clear
conditions elsewhere in the state. Dry 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, reaching Severe southwest of about Bedourie to Millmerran. A cooler
southerly wind change will extend east in the wake of the trough. Moderate east
to southeast winds over the northern tropics. Light to moderate mostly northeast
to northwesterly winds elsewhere, tending moderate to fresh about the southeast
and southern central districts.
Forecast for Tuesday
Fine and sunny conditions are expected over most of the state under a dry and
stable air mass, though there will be isolated light showers about the
northeastern Peninsula coast. Morning fog patches are likely through eastern and
central districts and near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Moderate to
fresh southeasterly winds will occur over the northern tropics, while elsewhere
in the state winds will tend light to moderate southwest to southeasterly to the
behind the trough and northwest to northeasterly ahead of the trough.
Forecast for Wednesday
The high pressure system will move off the New South Wales into the Tasman
Sea, extending a ridge and onshore wind flow onto the northeast Queensland coast
with isolated showers, mostly near the east Peninsula coast. Areas of morning
fogs are likely in southern districts in a moist air mass. 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. Ahead of this trough there will be enough low level instability to
generate isolated showers in the southeast.
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 early 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.
Forecast for Friday
The new high will move off the New South Wales coast into the northern Tasman
Sea. This high will extend a ridge along the eastern Queensland coast north of
about Fraser Island, with isolated showers possibly tending scattered on the
North Tropical Coast. A more vigorous trough will approach the southwest of the
state late in the day with northeast to northwest winds becoming moderate to
fresh and gusty during the day in most western districts. This increase in
northerly winds will lead to increasing fire dangers and daytime temperatures
will above the August average. Early morning frosts are likely through the
southeastern interior ahead of the warmer northerly wind flow.
Outlook for Saturday, Sunday and Monday
The high over the northern Tasman Sea will move east during the outlook
period and continue to extend a ridge and onshore flow along the northern
Queensland coast with isolated showers expected. The 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.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Tuesday.
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