MELBOURNE - Sep 30/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A weak surface trough is drifting eastwards across southern Queensland and expected to reach the southeast late in the day. Warm northerly winds ahead of the trough. A new high pressure system should drift eastwards across southeast Australia for the remainder of the week, pushing fresh and gusty southeast winds across Queensland's western districts. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayThe chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms about the southeast this afternoon. Possible showers over the northern tropical coast. Fine and sunny elsewhere. Warm over most western and northern areas of Queensland. Mostly moderate northeast to northwesterly winds across the state, fresh at times about the southeast coast ahead of a fresh to strong southeast change late in the day. Moderate to fresh southeast to 0southwest winds about the southern interior and western districts.Fire Danger - Very high to severe over the state's northwest and northern interior. Very high over the state's southeast.Thursday 2 OctoberThe high is expected to shift over Victoria and continue pushing a southerly wind change and some coastal showers northwards through the southeast and into central Queensland. There is a slight risk of showers or thunderstorms over parts of the central interior during the afternoon. Isolated showers are possible over the northeast coast in the onshore wind flow. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Friday 3 OctoberThe high will remain slow moving over Victoria and the onshore winds will push some 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 and the possibility of thunderstorms. The remainder of the state should remain fine and sunny.Saturday 4 OctoberA weak onshore flow should continue to push isolated showers onto parts of Queensland's east coast. The new upper level trough may spread some isolated showers and thunderstorms across the southern interior. The remainder of the state should remain fine and mostly sunny.Sunday until TuesdayThe upper level trough should move over the southeast of the state late in the weekend, with the chance of some isolated showers over the region during Sunday, clearing thereafter as the system moves offshore. A ridge of high pressure should persist over the east coast early in the new week, keeping most of the state fine, warm and mostly sunny except for the chance of some isolated showers about the east coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Wednesday.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 23:30 on Tuesday 30 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); })();
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