MELBOURNE - Feb 24/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A surface trough over the west of the state will remain slow moving through much of the week. An upper trough will approach the southwest of the state midweek, and should interact with the humid, tropical airmass over the west of the state to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms, spreading to rain areas at times. A high in the Tasman Sea maintains a ridge along the east coast of Queensland that will weaken over the next few days as the high moves southeastwards towards New Zealand. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers about much of the east coast and adjacent inland. Shower and thunderstorm activity will remain focused over the northern tropics, and through the far west of the state where some local heavy falls are possible. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds along the east coast, light to moderate east to northeasterly winds elsewhere.Fire Danger - Moderate to high for southern and central areas.Wednesday 26 FebruaryThe high in the Tasman Sea will shift east of New Zealand, leading to a weakening of the onshore flow along the east coast. An upper trough will enter the far southwest of the state during the day. Shower and thunderstorm activity should remain in place over the northern tropics and through the west of the state, west of about Longreach and into the southern inland west of about Charleville; this activity will likely become widespread and tend to rain at times with some heavy falls through the southwest of the state in response to the approaching upper trough. Maximum temperatures will be suppressed under the cloudy conditions in west and southwest. Isolated shower activity will continue about the east coast in the onshore wind flow. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere.Thursday 27 FebruaryThe next high will push into the Great Australian Bight whilst the ridge along the east coast of Queensland will remain weak. Isolated showers will occur about the east coast in the onshore wind flow. The upper trough will remain slow moving over the southwest of the state. Showers and storms will persist about the north and west of the state, and should spread into the southern interior. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to be widespread through the Channel Country with some locally heavy falls. Maximum temperatures will be suppressed under the cloudy conditions in west and southwest. Fine and mostly sunny conditions elsewhere.Friday 28 FebruaryThe high will push over southeastern Australia, slowly strengthening the ridge along the east coast of Queensland. Isolated showers will occur about the east coast in the onshore wind flow. The upper trough will remain slow moving over the southwest of the state. Showers and storms will persist about the north and west of the state, and should spread into the southern interior. Maximum temperatures will be suppressed under the cloudy conditions in west and southwest. Fine and mostly sunny conditions elsewhere.Saturday until MondayThe next high will push into the Tasman Sea over the weekend, and move slowly eastwards into early next week. The ridge along the east coast of Queensland will strengthen further as a result. Isolated to scattered showers will occur about the east coast in the onshore wind flow. Showers and storms will persist about the far northern tropics and northwest of the state. An upper level trough will remain slow moving near western Queensland, with scattered showers and storms expected through the west and southern inland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700 Notice Board Queensland's improving weather services Northwest Queensland weather radar installation complete Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Cairns weather Charleville weather Longreach weather Mackay weather Mount Isa weather Rockhampton weather Townsville weather Weipa weather Other Information About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Warnings Water Climate Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage MetEye™ National Weather Services Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 00:30 on Tuesday 25 February 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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