Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 19/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A large high in the Tasman Sea extends a firm ridge along the east Queensland coast. The high will slip to the southeast of New Zealand during Friday, gradually relaxing the ridge. A slow moving surface trough extends from the northwest of the state into the southern interior. An upper level trough over the southern interior will remain slow moving today before moving east over southeastern Queensland on Friday. A tropical low (Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hadi) lies over the northwestern Coral Sea and will move westwards, approaching the northeast Peninsula coast late Thursday and shifting west over Cape York Peninsula into the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria during Friday.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms through western Queensland south of about Mount Isa to Longreach and near the southeastern border, tending scattered during the afternoon. Frequent showers about the east tropical and central coasts, increasing to rain at times with some thunderstorms and locally heavy falls likely. Scattered showers and storms developing through the Peninsula and tropical and central interior north of about Clermont during the day. Isolated to scattered showers in the southeast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds, tending fresh to strong and gusty about the east coast between Cape Melville and Sandy Cape.Friday 21 MarchThe ridge will start to weaken as the high slips to the southeast of New Zealand. The tropical low should move west across northern Cape York Peninsula into the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria late in the day. Frequent showers and possible thunderstorms are expected about east coast districts north of about Yeppoon in the deep, moist onshore wind flow to the south of the low with some locally heavy falls likely. Showers and storms will also extend inland to the central and tropical interior. The upper trough will move over southeast districts, generating isolated to scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms. A surface trough will persist through western Queensland, maintaining unstable conditions with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms expected.Saturday 22 MarchThe tropical low will most likely move west over the far northern Gulf of Carpentaria while the ridge along the east Queensland coast will continue to weaken. A deep, moist onshore wind flow will persist about the east tropical and central coast districts with showers and storms expected, more frequent with possible locally heavy falls north of about Bowen. Showers and storms will also develop through the northern and central interior north of about Clermont. Another upper level trough will likely move north from New South Wales into southeastern Queensland, maintaining some instability with isolated showers and possible storms expected. A weak low level trough will persist through western Queensland, with isolated to scattered showers and storms expected, mostly south and west of Charleville.Sunday 23 MarchThe next upper level trough should intensify as it moves east from the Great Australian Bight into southeastern Australia. A new surface trough is expected to enter the southwest during the day and combine with the upper level trough to generate showers and thunderstorms through the interior of the state, mostly near and northwest of Charleville. An unstable airmass will persist through the tropics with showers and thunderstorms expected, more frequent about the east tropical coast. Conditions should be mostly fine in the southeast with just the chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms. A powerful easterly swell will develop about southern Queensland beaches.Monday until WednesdayAn unstable airmass will persist through the tropics during the outlook period, with showers and thunderstorms expected, likely becoming more frequent again from Tuesday as moisture increases. The new upper level trough should shift slowly east over the interior, generating quite widespread showers and scattered storms through western and southern inland parts to its east. Showers and storms could also affect the southern and central Queensland coasts, particularly from Tuesday when winds tend more moist northeasterly.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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