MELBOURNE - Jun 19/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A weakening high pressure system lies over the northwestern Tasman Sea and will continue to move slowly eastwards, relaxing the ridge along the east Queensland coast. A trough will enter western Queensland today and move eastwards across the south of the state during Saturday, and off the southeast coast on Sunday morning. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated showers over central and southern parts of the state south and east of a line from about Bowen to Thargomindah. Isolated showers near the east tropical coast. Fine and sunny in the far west and through the northern interior. Moderate SE to NE winds along the east coast, fresh in the north; moderate NW to SW winds inland.Saturday 21 JuneA high over central Australia should maintain dry air over Queensland's western and central interior leading to fine and sunny conditions. Isolated showers should occur about central and southeast districts as a surface trough strengthens with the approach of an upper level trough from the west; this feature may produce sufficient instability for a few thunderstorms about the southern Darling Downs and near the Carnarvon Ranges. Isolated showers will remain possible about the east tropical coast in the onshore wind flow.Sunday 22 JuneThe trough system will move off the southern coast early in the morning, whilst the high will move further east over southern Queensland, pushing dry air and mostly sunny conditions into much of the state. Isolated showers will possibly occur about the east tropical coast. A cooler southwesterly wind flow will result in the chance of frost returning to the Granite Belt.Monday 23 JuneThe high over southern Queensland will weaken and shift east while a new high will move east over the Indian Ocean. An upper level trough and its associated cold front will enter the southern interior of Queensland, generating some patchy cloud though conditions should remain fine due to a dry airmass persisting. Isolated showers will occur about the east tropical coast in the onshore wind flow. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Early frost patches are likely about the southeastern interior.Tuesday until ThursdayThe new high will move slowly east over southern Australia during the forecast period, extending a ridge and dry airmass into much of Queensland. The upper trough and its associated cold front will sweep eastwards and should contract off the southern and central Queensland coasts during Tuesday. The trough will generate some patchy cloud though little or no rainfall due to the dry airmass. Frosts should become more widespread from Wednesday morning as cloud clears. Some very isolated shower activity will likely persist near the northeast tropical coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.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 21:00 on Thursday 19 June 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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