Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 1/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A surface trough extends over the interior of the state and will intensify and shift east during today, most likely contracting off the east Queensland coast tonight. 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 during Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of FridayScattered to widespread showers and gusty storms through central and southeast districts, with some storms likely severe, particularly near and east of the Great Dividing Range. This activity will contract further east during the day and should clear the coast in the evening. Cloud and showers developing in the far southwest during the afternoon and evening, more frequent about the southern border where some storms are also likely. Mostly fine in the tropics with just the chance of isolated showers, mostly about the Peninsula district. A cool day in the west and through the southern interior with moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwesterly winds. Moderate to fresh north to northwesterly winds in the east, tending west to southwesterly from the west.Fire Danger -  Very High in the Central Highlands and Coalfields district.Saturday 3 MayIsolated showers should clear the east coast in the very 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. A warning for sheep graziers has been issued for parts of the southern interior. The cold front will move further east and eventually contract off the southern coast during the evening. Isolated showers will occur over the southern and southeastern interior, mostly about 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. A warning for sheep graziers may be required for parts of the southern interior. 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 5 MayThe high will most likely shift east into the Tasman Sea late in the day as a new, large high shifts east over the Southern Ocean. A cool, dry airmass will continue to dominate conditions across Queensland, with lighter winds most likely resulting in more extensive frosts through the southern and southeast interior. Isolated shower activity should continue about the very far northern tropics where a moist onshore wind flow persists, with fine and sunny conditions elsewhere across the state.Tuesday until ThursdayFine conditions are expected across much of the state on Tuesday with early frosts 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 its passage though with little or no rainfall expected. Early frost over the southeastern interior will become less likely from Wednesday due to the trough passage. An upper level trough will enter the northwest of the state on Wednesday, generating some patchy cloud and shower activity through central areas. The trough should then progress east, extending the cloud and shower activity through the tropics and central districts.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDQ10700
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