Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 5/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high in the eastern Great Australian Bight will move eastwards over the next few days, strengthening a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. A low in the Tasman Sea is generating large swells over far southern Queensland waters which should gradually ease as the low move eastwards over the next few days. An upper trough is likely to move eastwards across central and southern Queensland on Sunday and Monday.
Forecast for the rest of FridayFine, dry and mostly clear across much of the state. Isolated showers are possible about the Southern Border Ranges and exposed southern coast late today. Swells should ease over far southern waters as the low in the Tasman Sea moves to the east. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds for much of the state tending southwesterly in the northwest of the state.Saturday 6 SeptemberFine and mostly sunny conditions will continue across most of the state. Isolated showers are possible about the Southern Border Ranges and exposed coastal parts of the Southeast Coast district. Isolated showers may also develop over the central and southern interior very late in the day. Early frosts are possible about the southern interior. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds for much of the state.Fire Danger -  Very high about parts of the central and northern interior.Sunday 7 SeptemberThe high should move slowly eastwards through the Tasman Sea, while an upper trough strengthens over southwestern Queensland, generating showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern interior. Isolated showers about remaining southeastern districts. Isolated showers about the remainder of the coast, apart from northern tropics, in an onshore flow.Monday 8 SeptemberEven though the upper trough should weaken, it will help to enhance isolated showers over the southeast, and southern and central interior as it moves east. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Tuesday 9 SeptemberFine and mostly sunny across the state except for some isolated showers about the east coast as a weak ridge pushes some light to moderate winds ashore. Warmer than normal temperatures are expected in western districts ahead of a dry southerly change.Wednesday until FridayFine and mostly sunny across most of the state. The dry southerly change will move east spreading the warmer than normal air mass into eastern districts during Wednesday and Thursday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Saturday.Product IDQ10700
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