Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 29/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A weak ridge of high pressure lies along Queensland's east coast from a high in the Tasman Sea. A surface trough will move through the southwest and southern interior of the state today and move through the southeast of the state during Wednesday afternoon. Northerly winds ahead of the trough will lead to warm temperatures over the southern interior today, extending into the central interior and southeast of the state on Wednesday.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayFine and mostly sunny except for the chance of some isolated light showers about the northeast coast. Warm, moderate to fresh northwest winds across the interior. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds across the remainder of the state.Fire Danger -  Very High over the southern interior and northern interior districts.Wednesday 1 OctoberA surface trough should drift eastwards across the interior while a new high pressure system should drift over Victoria and push a fresh southerly wind change up the southeast coast late in the afternoon and evening. Fine, warm and mostly sunny across the state except for some late showers about the southeast coast near and behind the wind change and also about the northeast coast.Thursday 2 OctoberThe high over Victoria should continue pushing the southerly wind change and some coastal showers northwards through Queensland's Central Coast, while the remainder of the state should be fine and mostly sunny except for some isolated showers about the northeast coast.Friday 3 OctoberThe high should remain over Victoria and will push a few isolated showers onto parts of Queensland's east coast. A weak upper trough is likely to move into the west of the state and may interact with some moisture over the central interior to produce some isolated showers. The remainder of the state should remain fine and sunny.Saturday until MondayA weak onshore flow should continue to push a few showers onto parts of Queensland's east coast, while the new upper level trough may spread some isolated showers and storms across the southern districts during the weekend. The remainder of the state should remain fine and mostly sunny.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700
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