MELBOURNE - Aug 22/13 - 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 Southeast Gulf of Carpentaria waters for Thursday and Friday morning. A Fire Weather Warning is current for the Gulf Country district, west of Normanton. For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/qld Weather Situation A high [1031 hPa] moving over southern Western Australia extends a firm ridge across most of Queensland. A weak upper trough will move east across the state today, moving off the south coast late in the evening. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Isolated showers over the northern and eastern tropics, increasing to scattered showers about the North Tropical Coast and Herbert and Lower Burdekin districts in the afternoon and evening. Remaining fine and mostly sunny elsewhere with widespread areas of frost over the central, southern and southeast interior. A cool to cold morning for southern and central districts. A Very High fire danger in the Gulf Country, reaching Severe west of Normanton. A Very High fire danger in the Northwest and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders districts. Moderate southwest to southeast winds, fresh and gusty at times about the west of the state. Forecast for Friday The new high should move eastwards into South Australia, continuing to extend a ridge across much of the state. Isolated showers are expected to continue about the northern and eastern tropics, scattered about the North Tropical Coast during the morning. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. A cool to cold morning for western, central and southeastern districts with widespread frosts over parts of the central, southern and southeast interior. Forecast for Saturday The high should move eastwards into New South Wales, maintaining a ridge across much of the state. Isolated showers should occur in the onshore flow about the northeast tropics, otherwise fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. A cool to cold morning for western, central and southeastern districts with areas of frost over parts of the central, southern and southeast interior. Forecast for Sunday The high should remain slow moving over southeast Australia extending a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. Moderate to fresh southeast winds should extend along most of the east coast with isolated showers likely to develop about the east coast, mainly south of about Bundaberg. The remainder of the state should remain fine and mostly sunny. Areas of frost are likely to persist about parts of the southern and southeast interior. Outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday The high will move slowly east into the Tasman Sea during the outlook period. Scattered showers are expected over the Cassowary Coast early next week as the onshore flow increases. Isolated showers are also likely about most of the east coast in the southeasterly flow. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Minimum temperatures should gradually return to average with frost becoming restricted to the Granite Belt on Monday. Maximum temperatures are expected to increase to above average over the interior during the period. The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST Thursday. 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