Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 31/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
An area of high pressure will move slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea over the next few days. A trough over far southwestern Queensland will move slowly eastwards across the interior of the state during the weekend and become slow moving over the southeastern interior early next week.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers about the east coast and adjacent inland, more frequent about parts of the central coast and north tropical coast. Showers will also become more frequent about the southeast coast with isolated showers extending inland into the ranges in the southeast interior. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms will develop over the state's southern interior. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times about the coast. A moderate south to southwest change will spread to far western areas during the day.Sunday 1 JuneIsolated showers about the east coast and adjacent inland, more likely over parts of the central coast and north tropical coast. A band of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will cross the south of the state, before becoming slow moving over the southeastern interior. Fine and mostly sunny in the west of the state with cooler temperatures in the southwest. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, tending fresh southeasterly at times about the north tropical coast. Winds shifting south to southwesterly over the west.Fire Danger -  Low to moderate across the state.Monday 2 JuneA surface trough will stall over the southeast interior with a humid air persisting over eastern districts. Isolated showers about eastern districts, mainly about the coast and also about the southeast interior in association with the trough. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible about the southern border ranges and Granite Belt. 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. Another upper trough may lead to more frequent showers about the southeast and southeast interior of the state, there is also the possibility of isolated thunderstorms about the southern border ranges. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Wednesday 4 JuneThe new high should continue to develop over southeastern Australia and continue to push isolated showers over far eastern districts particularly through the eastern tropics. The high to the south combined with dry south to southeasterly winds through the interior should result in fine and sunny conditions.Thursday until SaturdayThe high pressure system will remain near stationary over the southeast of the country during the outlook period. A developing trough well offshore in the Tasman Sea, combined with the high will result in a south to southeasterly flow across the state. Isolated showers will persist in this flow along the east coast, becoming more likely about the exposed sections of coast and also the tropical east coast. Dry southerly winds and a ridge from the high will maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions over the interior of the state.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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