Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Aug 11/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A strengthening high over the Great Australian Bight will be relatively stationary over the next few days, extending a firm ridge across much of Queensland. An upper level low over the Great Australian Bight will move northeast into South Australia and deepen by Wednesday.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers about the southeast, mainly along the coastal fringe during the morning. Mostly fine along the central and northeast tropical coasts, with only the chance of some isolated shower activity. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A cool to cold morning with light frost patches about the parts of the Maranoa, and Darling Downs and Granite Belt district. Light to moderate south to southeast winds, fresh and gusty about the north east tropical coast.Wednesday 13 AugustThe strengthening high over the Great Australian Bight will maintain a firm ridge across the state. The upper level low should move towards the southwest of the state while deepening, and a surface trough should develop over the state's interior. Isolated showers are expected about much of the east Queensland coast in the fresh to strong onshore wind flow. Moisture will also extend from the coast further into the interior of the state to the east of the surface trough, with isolated to scattered showers developing through the southern and central interior. There is also the chance of isolated thunderstorms over the southern interior, mostly near the surface trough. Another cool morning through the southern interior under clear skies with some areas of light frost.Thursday 14 AugustThe high over the Great Australian Bight is expected to weaken and move slowly eastwards towards southeastern Australia but will continue to extend a firm ridge across eastern Queensland. The upper level low is likely to shift slowly westwards over South Australia, and the surface trough should deepen and shift west into the far southwest of the state. Moistening low level flow on the eastern side of the trough should lead to increasing shower activity through the central inland and southwest; if the trough deepens sufficiently, this activity may spread to rain areas and isolated thunderstorms late in the day. Isolated to scattered showers through eastern districts in the fresh to strong onshore wind flow, potentially more widespread around the central and Cassowary coasts. Mostly fine through the tropical and southeast interior with just the chance of isolated showers, otherwise fine and sunny through the northwest.Friday 15 AugustThe slow moving high over southeastern Australia should continue to weaken but will maintain a firm ridge over eastern Queensland. The upper level low will most likely move eastwards across South Australia, while the surface trough should deepen further and also shift east into the state's interior. Low level flow on the eastern side of the surface trough should therefore moisten further leading to increasing shower activity and possible thunderstorms, possibly tending to rain areas at times, through the southwest, and the tropical, central and southern interior. Shower are likely to continue over eastern districts in a fresh to strong onshore wind flow, more widespread from about Cooktown to St Lawrence, and possibly tending to rain at times. Fine and mostly sunny through the far west and northwest of Queensland.Saturday until MondayThe upper low will most likely move slowly east across New South Wales and off the east Australian coast on Monday. The surface trough should also move slowly eastwards across Queensland and may shift off the central and southeast coast on Monday. The high over southeastern Australia is likely to weaken further as it moves eastwards across the Tasman Sea, while another high pressure system is expected to develop over central Australia in the wake of the surface trough. Showers, rain areas and the chance of thunderstorms are therefore likely to occur to the east of the surface trough. Showers are likely to continue through the northern tropics in an onshore wind flow. Fine and stable conditions are likely to extend across southern and central Queensland in the wake of the surface trough.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700
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