Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 9/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high (1020 hPa) over the far northern Tasman Sea is expected to move slowly eastwards during the next few days. The high extends a ridge along the tropical east Queensland coast. A vigorous surface trough is expected to enter the southwest of the state late Thursday and move across western and southern Queensland during Friday before weakening on Saturday. Another vigorous trough is expected to move across western and southern inland districts on Sunday.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayFine, dry and clear across most of the state. Partly cloudy with the chance of isolated showers along parts of the tropical east coast. Generally moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds.Thursday 10 OctoberPartly cloudy with isolated showers along the north tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds over the northeast tropics, shifting northeast to northwesterly elsewhere. Very warm to hot with fresh and gusty northeast to northwesterly winds over the west and south of the state, strengthening along the far southern coast in the evening, ahead of a fresh to strong and gusty southerly change over the far southwest of the state during the evening with some raised dust.Fire Danger -  Severe to Extreme in the west and southern inland, High to Very High elsewhere.Friday 11 OctoberThe vigorous surface trough is expected to move across western and southern Queensland, reaching the southeast during the afternoon and evening as a south to southeasterly wind change along the far southern coast. Very warm to hot west to northeast to northwesterly winds ahead of the trough are expected to turn west to northwesterly during the day, with gusty southwest to southeasterly winds expected in the wake of the trough over the west and southern inland. This is likely to bring enhanced fire dangers across western and southern Queensland, including the southeast. Fine, dry and mostly sunny across the state except for the chance of some isolated showers about the northeast coast and also about the state's far southeast late in the day.Saturday 12 OctoberThe surface trough is expected to lie over the west and southern interior of the state, while the coastal southeasterly change is expected to have weakened during the morning. A weak upper trough is expected to move across southern Queensland, and combined with the surface trough and coastal change is expected to produce isolated showers and isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms over most southeast districts and possibly into the central interior. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere, apart from isolated showers about the tropical east coast. Increasing high cloud over the southwest but no rain is expected at this stage.Sunday 13 OctoberA new vigorous trough is expected to move across western and southern inland districts during the day, and combined with another upper level trough moving over New South Wales and southwest Queensland is likely to bring increasing cloud but with little or no rain over the southwest of the state. However, isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible over the southern and southeast interior as the trough moves eastwards during the day. Increasing northeast to northwesterly winds over the west and south of the state ahead of the trough is likely to bring an increase in temperatures and enhanced fire danger to these areas, with fresh to strong and gusty south to southwesterly winds expected to spread over western districts in the wake of the trough. Isolated showers remain likely about the tropical east coast due to a ridge and associated onshore flow.Monday until WednesdayThe trough is expected to move northeastwards and off the southern Queensland coast on Monday, followed by a strong south to southeasterly change along this part of the coast and generally isolated showers. The trough is then expected to move northwards into central districts on Tuesday and stall on Wednesday, while the inland section of the trough is expected to lie over the central interior. This combined with another upper level trough moving into western Queensland is expected to produce scattered showers and possible thunderstorms over central districts and into the southeast interior. Isolated to scattered showers should also continue over the northern tropics in the onshore airflow as a new high moves into the Tasman Sea. Cooler temperatures spreading across the west and south of the state in the wake of the trough.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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