Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Apr 26/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system near New Zealand extends a ridge along the east Queensland coast. The high will move eastwards during today, relaxing the ridge slightly, and another high will move across southeastern Australia during Sunday. An upper level trough and its associated surface trough will move north from New South Wales into southern Queensland later today and shift into southeastern Queensland late on Sunday.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers about eastern districts north of Gladstone. Isolated to scattered showers and isolated storms over the Peninsula and Gulf Country districts. Mostly fine, only isolated showers over the central and northern interior. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Light to moderate generally southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times along the tropical east coast.Sunday 27 AprilCloudy over southern districts with patchy light rain over the southern interior. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing over the far southeast, most likely late in the day. Isolated showers about remaining eastern districts. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms about the Gulf of Carpentaria coast and far northern parts of the Peninsula district. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Light to moderate generally southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times along the tropical east coast.Monday 28 AprilThe upper trough should shift into the southeast. The next high pressure system is expected to shift into the Tasman Sea helping to strengthen the ridge along the east Queensland coast. Increasing southeasterly winds combined with the upper trough should help to generate scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through the southeast, decreasing to more isolated activity west of the ranges across the Darling Downs and into the Maranoa. Onshore wind flow over remaining eastern districts will continue to produce isolated showers, with some isolated thunderstorms over the far northern Peninsula district. Fine and mostly sunny conditions expected over the southern and central interior.Tuesday 29 AprilThe upper trough should move offshore early with showers gradually easing along the southeast coast. The high is expected to remain over the Tasman Sea but should weaken with the onshore wind flow also easing, allowing showers to decrease along most eastern districts. A new surface trough is likely to move into southwest Queensland late in the day and may produce isolated showers and storms. Fine and mostly sunny conditions should occur over the remainder.Wednesday 30 AprilAnother upper level trough and its associated cold front will sweep eastwards across southern Queensland, and is likely to produce some patchy rain areas and isolated thunderstorms, spreading across the south and into the southeast late. Fresh southerly winds and a much dryer and cooler airmass will arrive over southwestern Queensland following the passage of this front. Under the influence of an upper ridge and dry airmass, it should be mostly fine and sunny across most of the tropics, with just isolated showers over the far northern Peninsula.Thursday until SaturdayA new high pressure system should extend a drier more stable airmass over western Queensland in the wake of the trough, and then gradually extend fresh southeasterly winds and showers along the southern and central Queensland coast. Mostly fine through the north with only some very isolated showers through the far north in the weak onshore wind flow.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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