Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 28/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A surface trough over the far west of the state will remain slow moving for the rest of today and over the weekend. An upper trough over central Australia will combine with the surface trough to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms over western Queensland. A weak monsoon trough lies through the Gulf of Carpentaria and into the northern Coral Sea. A high over southeastern Australia will remain slow-moving over the weekend before moving into the Tasman Sea early next week. The high will extend a ridge along much of the east Queensland coast over the weekend which should strengthen early next week.
Forecast for the rest of FridayScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms about the west of the state with locally heavy falls possible in the northwest in thunderstorms. Cloud and patchy rain through the eastern Channel Country into the Maranoa and Warrego district, south and west of a line from Charleville to St. George. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northern tropics, while isolated showers will continue along the rest of the east coast. Fine and mostly clear conditions elsewhere. Mostly light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times about the east coast.Saturday 1 MarchMostly fine about much of the east coast with only isolated showers, increasing to scattered about the North Tropical Coast. Scattered showers and storms about the northwest of the state and western Cape York Peninsula. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere in the northern tropics. Isolated showers and thunderstorm through the eastern Channel Country and the Maranoa and Warrego district, south and west of a line from Charleville to St. George. Light to moderate southwest to northeast winds, fresh at times about the east coast.Fire Danger -  High for much of the state away from the northern tropics.Sunday 2 MarchThe high will move over Tasmania maintaining a ridge and isolated showers along the east coast and adjacent inland. The inland trough should also remain slow-moving over the west of the state, producing isolated showers and thunderstorms. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms should continue in the far norther tropics in the general moist and unstable airmass. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere.Monday 3 MarchThe high will move into the southern Tasman Sea, with the ridge and isolated showers persisting along the east coast and adjacent inland. The ridge along the east coast is expected to strengthen with fresh to strong winds developing along much of the east coast of Queensland. A low over the northern Coral Sea is expected to move westwards and is likely to develop further, but remain well offshore of the Queensland coast. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are also likely to continue about the southwest and far northwestern tropics as the low level trough will remain slow moving in the area. Fine and mostly fine conditions are,Tuesday 4 MarchThe high is expected to remain slow moving in the Tasman Sea with a ridge likely to extend along much of the east coast of Queensland. There is some uncertainty in the development and movement of the tropical low or possible cyclone in the northern Coral Sea but the system is likely to continue to move westwards across the northern Coral Sea. Fresh to strong southeast winds about the east coast will bring isolated showers on to the east coast and adjacent inland, becoming more frequent about the coast north of about Bowen. An upper trough is likely to move eastwards across the southern interior with isolated showers and thunderstorms about the southwest and the Warrego. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across the northern tropics. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Wednesday until FridayA ridge is likely to persist along the southern Queensland east coast. At this stage there is much uncertainty to the movement and development of the Coral Sea low or tropical cyclone and forecasts are highly dependent on the development of this system. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to increase to rain areas about the east tropical coast as the system approaches the Queensland coast. Showers and thunderstorms should persist across the northern tropics with isolated showers about the southern east coast. Much of the interior of the state should become fine and mostly sunny.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Saturday.Product IDQ10700
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