Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 28/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A weakening ridge extends along the east Queensland coast from a high in the Tasman Sea. A trough over the interior of Queensland will move east to extend from the northwest of the state to the southeast coast by tonight. The surface trough will contract off the southern Queensland coast early Wednesday and shift north through southern Queensland waters. An inland surface trough will persist through central districts on Wednesday and should move further west through the interior on Thursday. An upper level trough will move north into the state on Thursday.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers and gusty thunderstorms developing from the northwest of the state, through the southern tropical and central interior and into the southeast. Showers and thunderstorms will be become more widespread through southeast districts south and west of Maryborough and through the southern central highlands during the afternoon, with some severe thunderstorms likely. Shower or thunderstorm activity will possibly reach the Wide Bay coast late in the evening. Partly cloudy through the northeastern Peninsula with isolated showers. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Moderate to fresh and gusty north to northwesterly winds through central and southern districts, strong at times near the southern coast ahead of a fresh and gusty south to southwesterly wind change extending from the west. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds through the tropics.Fire Danger -  Very High over much of the interior, reaching Severe over the Maranoa and western Downs.Wednesday 30 OctoberThe surface trough is expected to contract east off the southern Queensland coast early in the morning, with an associated fresh to strong south to southeasterly wind change extending north towards Fraser Island during the day. Showers and gusty thunderstorms will therefore decrease through the far southeast and focus more through the Capricornia and Wide Bay where some severe thunderstorms are possible. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will also most likely develop through remaining central districts during the afternoon, mostly inland. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are again expected near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast, while isolated showers should persist through Torres Strait. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere.Thursday 31 OctoberA high will move east into southeastern Australia, reinforcing the ridge along the east Queensland coast and pushing the inland surface trough a little further west into the central interior. An upper level trough is expected to move north from New South Wales into Queensland and should combine with a moist wind flow to produce cloudy conditions, scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms through southern central districts and into the Maranoa and northern parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. More isolated showers and just the chance of thunderstorms are expected through the remaining southeast and central districts. Isolated showers will persist in a moist onshore wind flow through Torres Strait, with fine and mostly sunny conditions expected elsewhere.Friday 1 NovemberThe high will move east into the Tasman Sea, extending a firm ridge along the east Queensland coast. The inland surface trough is expected to move further west into western districts. The upper level trough will persist over the central interior. This feature, combined with the moist wind flow into the inland surface trough, is expected to generate an area of widespread showers and possible storms extending from the Central and Capricornia coasts into the central interior. Scattered showers will also develop through the eastern tropics with possible isolated thunderstorms, mostly about the ranges. More isolated shower and thunderstorm activity will develop over remaining areas east of about Normanton to Cunnamulla. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected in the west and also near the southeast coast.Saturday until MondayThe high will move slowly east over the Tasman Sea, maintaining a ridge along the east Queensland coast during the outlook period. The inland surface trough is expected to move further west into western districts on Saturday before weakening. A new surface trough should then move east over the interior of the state on Sunday and contract off the southern coast during Monday. The upper level trough over the central interior is expected to weaken and move move north through the tropics during the outlook period. This will result in shower and thunderstorm activity gradually decreasing over central districts and contracting north into the tropics. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will persist about the western Peninsula and near the Gulf Country coast during the weekend. Mostly fine conditions are expected elsewhere, with just the chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms developing over the southeast near the new surface trough on Sunday and Monday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700
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