Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 23/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high (1024 hPa) near New Zealand extends a weakening ridge along the east Queensland coast. A surface trough over the interior of Queensland will shift into eastern districts by Thursday, and contracting off the southern Queensland coast late Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms for western parts of the state, mostly over the southern interior. Isolated showers about the northern tropics. Moderate to fresh and gusty north to northeasterly wind winds ahead of the trough will give way to cooler, fresh and gusty south to southwesterly winds in the wake of the trough. Moderate northeast to southeasterly winds elsewhere in the state.Thursday 24 OctoberScattered showers and isolated gusty thunderstorms in the southeast and southern central districts. Some thunderstorms are expected to be scattered and could be severe over parts of the southeast. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere over the inland section of the trough through the western Peninsula, the northwest and through the central interior. Isolated showers possible over the far northern tropics. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. over the tropics north of about Lockhart River, with isolated thunderstorms again expected along the west Peninsula coast. Moderate to fresh and gusty southwest to southeasterly winds over the interior. Mostly moderate southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere, fresh to strong over southern waters.Fire Danger -  High to very high across the state.Friday 25 OctoberThe trough and an associated cooler south to southeasterly wind change is expected to move north through southern Queensland waters into Capricornia waters. The inland portion of the trough is expected to remain slow moving through the central interior. This will result in isolated showers increasing to scattered through the central interior, Capricornia and northern Wide Bay with isolated gusty thunderstorms possible. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are also possible near the trough through the central west into the tropical interior and southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Isolated showers will occur over the southeast near and east of the Great Dividing Range in a moist onshore wind flow and should be more scattered near the coast during the morning due to the trough passage. Isolated light showers will also possibly develop over the northeast tropical coast.Saturday 26 OctoberMost of the unstable conditions and thunderstorm activity should contract offshore with the passage of an upper level trough, however isolated showers are expected to persist over the Capricornia, Central Coast and adjacent inland. Isolated thunderstorms are possible over the central highlands. The coastal trough will weaken near the central coast leading to scattered showers about the coast during the morning. The high will move slowly east towards southeastern Australia, extending a ridge along the east Queensland coast with isolated showers along much of the remainder of the coast. Thunderstorm activity remains likely near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast.Sunday 27 OctoberThe high will move through southern Australia and continue to extend a ridge along the eastern Queensland coast. Isolated showers are expected in the east in the onshore flow, while another upper trough is expected to enhance the showers activity over southeast Queensland with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the far northwest. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Monday until WednesdayThe high will move into the Tasman Sea and continue to extend a ridge along the eastern Queensland coast during Monday. Isolated showers are possible along the east coast before contracting northwards later on Monday as the ridge weakens and a new trough system enters western Queensland. The atmosphere will destabilise ahead of the trough in western and southern Queensland on Tuesday, and extend to eastern Queensland on Wednesday, increasing the potential of showers and thunderstorms generally near and east of the trough.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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