MELBOURNE - May 13/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over southeast Australia is expected to drift slowly across the Tasman Sea from tomorrow. The high should maintain a ridge along Queensland's east coast throughout the week. An upper trough is strengthening over western Queensland will weaken as it drifts eastwards during Wednesday and Thursday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayMainly scattered showers and the chance of isolated thunderstorms about the state's far east, with showers more frequent and widespread about the North Tropical Coast. Isolated showers and storms about the northern interior. Fine and clear over the rest of the state. Moderate to fresh south to southeast winds along the east coast, and mainly moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere.Wednesday 14 MayThe high in the Tasman Sea should work with the weakening upper trough to produce scattered showers with some local thunder over Queensland's eastern districts, extending into the northern interior during the afternoon. Dry and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state. Moderate to fresh south to southeast winds along the east coast, and mainly moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere.Thursday 15 MayThe upper trough should drift towards the east coast and it, along with a persistent onshore flow, should maintain mainly scattered showers about the eastern districts. Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state.Friday 16 MayThe high in the Tasman Sea should continue to push mainly scattered showers across the eastern districts. Fine and mostly sunny over the interior.Saturday 17 MayThe high is likely to remain over the Tasman Sea and will continue to push showers across Queensland's eastern districts. Remaining fine and mostly sunny over the interior.Sunday until TuesdayA high pressure system in the Tasman should maintain showers about Queensland's eastern districts and fine and mostly sunny conditions over the interior.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Wednesday.Product IDQ10700 Notice Board MetEye extended into Queensland Queensland's improving weather services Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Cairns weather Charleville weather Longreach weather Mackay weather Mount Isa weather Rockhampton weather Townsville weather Weipa weather Other Information About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Warnings Water Climate Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage MetEye™ National Weather Services Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 14:45 on Tuesday 13 May 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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