Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 28/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the western Tasman Sea extends a ridge through much of Queensland. The high will shift slowly eastwards over the next few days, maintaining a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. A surface trough should approach the southwest of the state on Tuesday. Warm northerly winds ahead of the trough will lead to warm temperatures over much of the interior of the state over the next few days.
Forecast for the rest of SundayFine and clear for much of the state with only isolated light showers about the coast south of St Lawrence. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds about the east coast, fresh at times about the far northeast coast. Light to moderate mostly northeast to northwest winds over the interior.Monday 29 SeptemberPartly cloudy with isolated light showers over parts of central and northern coastal areas. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere after some early low cloud over eastern areas and the central interior. Above average maximum temperatures are expected in the warm northerly wind flow through western Queensland and the southern interior. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds about the east coast, fresh at times about the far northeast coast. Moderate northeast to northwest winds over the interior, fresh at times in the late morning and early afternoon.Fire Danger -  Very high about parts of the northeast of the state.Tuesday 30 SeptemberThe high should move slowly eastwards towards New Zealand maintaining a weak ridge over the tropical east coast. The next upper trough and associated surface trough should move into southwest Queensland but dry surface conditions should keep much of the interior fine and mostly sunny. However, there is the chance of isolated afternoon showers about the Granite Belt. Fine along most of the east coast with just some isolated showers about parts of the northeast coast in an onshore wind flow. Fresh and gusty northerly winds will lead to temperatures being well above the September average and elevated fire dangers.Wednesday 1 OctoberThe surface trough should move north and eastwards into central and southeastern parts of the state with the chance of isolated showers about the southeast of the state and parts of the southeast interior. A weak ridge should persist about the north tropical east coast with the onshore flow leading to some isolated showers about the northern tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Temperatures should remain above the September average through the much of the west and south of the state.Thursday 2 OctoberA new high in the Great Australian Bight should extend a ridge and dry air into western Queensland with fine and mostly sunny conditions over much of the interior. The surface trough should continue to move northwards trough southern and central Queensland waters with associated isolated showers about the Wide Bay and Capricornia coasts. Isolated showers are possible about the northeast coast in the onshore wind flow.Friday until SundayThe high should move slowly eastwards across southeast Australia and into the Tasman Sea during the outlook period with a weak ridge persisting along the east coast. Isolated showers should therefore persist about parts of the east coast whilst much of the interior should remain fine and mostly sunny. The next upper trough is likely to develop over the state over the weekend, with instability increasing over the east of the state which may lead to isolated showers and thunderstorms, mainly about the southeast of the state.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am 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 10:15 on Sunday 28 September 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); })();

---

STAT News Service