MELBOURNE - Jul 21/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over southeastern Australia extends a ridge over Queensland. The high will move slowly eastwards and is expected to be situated over the central Tasman Sea by Thursday. A trough will enter the far southwest on Thursday and move eastwards affecting southern and central areas on Friday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayWidespread frost will occur over parts of the central and southern interior. Isolated showers about the southeast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Mostly light to moderate southeast to northeast winds.Wednesday 23 JulyThe high will move slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea, relaxing the ridge along the east Queensland coast. Mostly fine and sunny conditions will continue throughout most of Queensland, apart from some cloud developing over western parts. Very isolated showers about the exposed islands along the east coast and the far northeast coast in an onshore wind flow. Frosts will continue about parts of the central and southern interior.Thursday 24 JulyThe high over the Tasman Sea will continue to extend a weak ridge along the east Queensland coast. A surface trough is expected to enter the west of the state, however conditions should remain fine over the interior. Isolated showers are expected about the east coast in the onshore wind flow. Some early light frost may occur on the Granite Belt.Friday 25 JulyThe high should continue to move eastwards across the Tasman Sea while weakening. The surface trough is forecast to move slowly eastwards into the central and southern interior triggering some isolated showers. Showers are likely to continue over most of the remaining eastern districts in an onshore wind flow.Saturday until MondayThe weakening high should continue to move eastwards across the Tasman Sea while a new high develops over southern Australia. The surface trough is forecast to continue to move eastwards into the southeastern interior, triggering isolated showers, before contracting off the southern and central coast on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Showers are likely to continue over the tropics in an onshore wind flow. The new high pressure system is expected to extend a ridge across Queensland in the wake of the trough, bringing more stable conditions throughout most of the state.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.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 01:00 on Tuesday 22 July 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] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _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); })(); var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } }; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();
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