Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Apr 30/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A weakening ridge of high pressure extends along the east Queensland coast. A series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A weak surface trough will move north into far southern Queensland waters on Thursday. Another surface trough extends over the interior of the state and should shift east during Friday, most likely contracting off the east Queensland coast late Friday night. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state in the wake of the trough, further enhanced by a cold front shifting east over southern Queensland late Friday and during Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayIsolated showers about the east coast north of Gladstone, mostly about the islands. Possible isolated showers near the west Peninsula and southern Gulf of Carpentaria coasts. Patchy rain and the chance of isolated thunderstorms extending east from the southeastern interior to the southern coast. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Moderate to fresh southerly winds in the west. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds about the east coast north of about Gladstone. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere.Thursday 1 MayPatchy rain clearing the Fraser and Sunshine Coasts during the morning. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developing over southern central and southeast districts in the wake of the rain band. Some storms may be severe, particularly about the Wide Bay and Burnett district and the Sunshine Coast. Isolated showers elsewhere through central Queensland and into the Maranoa. Isolated showers over the far northeastern tropics and near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A cool day in the west with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds. Light to moderate mostly southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere.Friday 2 MayThe surface trough over the interior of the state will shift east, mostly likely contracting off the east Queensland coast late at night. The trough will trigger scattered showers and gusty storms through central and southeast districts, with some storms likely severe, particularly in the southeast. This activity should then contract east with the trough, most likely clearing the coast during the evening. A cold front will enter the southwest of the state during the afternoon, generating some cloud and shower activity, particularly near the southwestern border where some storms are also likely. The tropics should remain mostly fine with just the chance of isolated showers, mostly north of about Cairns. Temperatures through western and southern Queensland will be well below the May average.Saturday 3 MayIsolated showers should clear the east coast in the early hours with the surface trough. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state, with gusty conditions making the day feel particularly cold over the southern inland. The cold front will move further east and eventually contract off the southern coast during the evening. The zone of shower activity about the southern interior border should subsequently weaken and shift east into the far southern Downs and Granite Belt. Isolated showers should occur about the very far northeastern tropics in an onshore wind flow. Find and sunny conditions are expected elsewhere under the dry airmass.Sunday 4 MayA high will enter New South Wales, extending a ridge into much of Queensland with the cold, dry airmass continuing to dominate conditions. Clearer skies should result in early frost patches about the southeastern interior. Some patchy cloud may persist near the southwestern border though with no rainfall expected. Onshore winds should produce isolated showers about the very far northeastern tropics, with fine and mostly conditions elsewhere under the dry airmass. Much of the state will experience temperatures well below the May average.Monday until WednesdayThe high will shift east into the Tasman Sea late Monday or during Tuesday. Early frosts will occur on Monday and Tuesday mornings about the Maranoa and southeastern interior. A new trough will most likely enter the southern interior of Queensland during Tuesday and should shift east, generating some patchy cloud with is passage though little or no rainfall expected. Winds will eventually tend warmer northwesterly through southeastern districts ahead of the trough, making frost a smaller risk on Wednesday morning. Isolated showers will continue about the northern Peninsula in an onshore wind flow. The remainder of the tropics should be fine until an upper level trough enters the northwest of the state on Wednesday, generating some patchy cloud and shower activity over the southern tropics and central coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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