MELBOURNE - Jun 29/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A trough near the Queensland east coast will continue moving to the east. A strong high over the Great Australian Bight will extend a strengthening ridge into central Queensland to the west of the trough. The high will move only slowly eastwards and maintain its strength in the next few days. Forecast for the rest of MondayFine and mostly sunny across almost the entire state. Isolated light showers near Torres Strait, while a few light showers may develop over the southeastern Darling Downs. Early frost over parts of the central interior. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeasterly winds.Tuesday 1 JulyThe large high should maintain its intensity and move very slowly eastwards across southern Australia, keeping most of Queensland fine, dry and sunny. Isolated light showers along the far northern coast. Extensive areas of morning frost over the central, southern and southeastern interior.Wednesday 2 JulyThe large high will shift over New South Wales, keeping most of Queensland fine, dry and sunny. Isolated showers along the tropical east coast. Areas of morning frost over the central, southern and southeastern interior.Thursday 3 JulyThe high will shift slowly to the east, keeping most of Queensland fine, dry and sunny. Isolated showers should develop about most of the east coast as winds tend more onshore. Areas of morning frost over the central, southern and southeastern interior.Friday until SundayThe high should continue moving to the east and into the northern Tasman Sea. Winds will shift more onshore along most of the east coast with isolated showers for most coastal areas. Showers are likely over parts of the central and southern inland as moisture spreads westwards to a developing inland trough and an upper trough approaches from the west; this activity appears likely to clear offshore with the upper trough during Saturday. Fine and mostly sunny in the far west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Monday.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 02:15 on Monday 30 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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