MELBOURNE - Jul 25/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over the northern Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the Queensland east coast. The high will move slowly eastwards over the next few days before starting to weaken. A trough over southwestern Queensland will move eastwards today and off the southeast coast early on Sunday. Another high over northern South Australia will extend a ridge eastwards across southern Queensland following the passage of the trough. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the southern inland, extending to the far southeast coast in the evening. Isolated showers along most of the east coast. Cloudy with patchy light rain over the northern inland. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds over the tropics, tending moderate to fresh northeast to northwesterly over the south, and moderate southwesterly over the far southwest.Sunday 27 JulyThe surface trough should move off the southeast Queensland coast early in the morning with the new high extending a firm ridge into northeastern Queensland in the wake of the trough. This should cause isolated showers about the east tropical coast in an onshore wind flow but bring more stable conditions throughout the rest of the state.Monday 28 JulyA high will move northeastwards from central New South Wales, over southeast Queensland and into the southern Coral Sea, maintaining a ridge along the tropical east coast. A few showers should continue in the onshore flow about the tropical east coast. Mostly sunny and warmer than normal conditions will continue throughout most of the state under a stable air mass. Areas of morning frost over the southern interior.Tuesday 29 JulyThe high will move slowly eastwards while weakening, maintaining a ridge through southern Queensland along the tropical coast. A few showers should continue in the onshore flow about the tropical east coast. Mostly sunny and warmer than normal conditions will continue throughout most of the state under a stable air mass. Areas of morning frost over the southern interior.Wednesday until FridayThe high will move slowly eastwards towards New Zealand, with the ridge weakening but persisting along the tropical east coast of Queensland. A cold front will move eastwards across southern Australia, and is likely to enter into southwestern Queensland late in the period, however a very dry airmass in place ahead of this feature will rule out any significant chance of rainfall.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Saturday.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 03:00 on Saturday 26 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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