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
A high in the Tasman Sea is extending a ridge of high pressure up Queensland's east coast. A weak surface trough is drifting eastwards across southern Queensland.
Forecast for the rest of SundayMainly isolated showers about the east coast and nearby inland areas. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in a band across the central and southern interior districts, contracting eastwards during the day. Fine, mild and mostly sunny in the state's southwest. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds over most of the state, fresh at times about the north tropical coast.Monday 2 JuneA surface trough will stall over the central and southeast interior districts, producing scattered showers in the region, and there's also the chance of some isolated storms over the Granite Belt. Fine over the rest of the state except for some isolated showers about the east coast and nearby inland areas in an onshore flow.Tuesday 3 JuneA new high should move across southeast Australia, maintaining an onshore flow and mainly isolated showers over Queensland's eastern districts, with more widespread showers about the state's southeast due to the upper trough. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Wednesday 4 JuneThe new high should continue to push isolated showers over Queensland's far eastern districts, particularly over the eastern tropics. Fine and sunny in the west.Thursday until SaturdayThe high should remain over Victoria or New South Wales late in the week, keeping most of Queensland fine except for some isolated showers about the east coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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