MELBOURNE - May 30/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high should drift slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea over the next few days. A trough will enter western Queensland on Saturday and shift slowly east over the interior during the weekend. Forecast for the rest of FridayMainly isolated showers about the eastern districts. Fine though cloudy over the interior. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times about the coast.Saturday 31 MayThe high over the Tasman will push scattered showers across the far eastern districts, and more isolated showers should extend into the eastern interior. Isolated showers and storms over the state's southern interior near the surface trough. Fine though with cloudy periods elsewhere. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times about the coast.Sunday 1 JuneThe trough should produce scattered showers and some isolated storms over the southern and southeast interior as it drifts slowly eastwards. Mainly isolated showers over the remainder of the eastern districts. Fine, sunny and cooler in the southwest.Monday 2 JuneThe trough should stall over the southeast interior, and a humid airflow into it should help to produce some isolated showers about the state's southeast, and there's also the chance of some isolated storms about the southern border ranges. Mainly isolated showers in an onshore flow about the remaining eastern districts and fine and mostly sunny over the western half of the state.Tuesday 3 JuneA new high should move across southeast Australia, maintaining an onshore flow and mainly isolated showers over Queensland's eastern districts. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Wednesday until FridayThe new high should continue to push some showers across the eastern districts late in the week, particularly in the tropics. The interior should remain fine and sunny.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Saturday.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 11:00 on Friday 30 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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