MELBOURNE - Oct 5/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A ridge extends along the east Queensland coast and should weaken during Tuesday. A trough will move east over the interior of the state during Tuesday and should contract off the southern Queensland coast on Wednesday. Very warm to hot conditions will extend through southern parts of the state early to mid week in the northerly wind flow ahead of the trough. Forecast for the rest of MondayFine and sunny over most of the state with just the chance of isolated showers about east coast islands. A hot day in the southwest with moderate to fresh and gusty northerly winds. Moderate southeast to northeasterly winds over central and northern districts. Light to moderate north to northeasterly winds elsewhere.Fire Danger - Very High over the southwest of the state, and parts of the central and tropical interior.Tuesday 7 OctoberThe surface trough will move east over southern districts, with hot northerly winds extending through inland areas to its east. A weak upper trough will move across the far south during the day, possibly producing some shower or thunderstorm activity near the southern border ranges. An onshore wind flow may produce some isolated showers about the exposed east tropical coast and islands. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will continue elsewhere.Wednesday 8 OctoberThe surface trough will most likely contract off the southern Queensland coast during the day, with hot northerly winds ahead of the trough tending cooler southerly in its wake. There is some chance of isolated shower activity over the southeast of the state during the late afternoon or evening following the wind change. A new high will move into southeastern Australia, extending a ridge and fine and sunny conditions into remaining parts of the state.Thursday 9 OctoberThe trough should continue moving north into Capricornia waters. The onshore wind flow near and to its south should generate some shower activity from the coast west to the ranges, with possible storms over the Capricornia district nearer to the surface trough. A ridge should maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions over remaining parts of the state.Friday until SundayA new upper level trough will most likely produce some showers and storms over central and southeast parts of the state during the outlook period, though some uncertainty exists with the movement and development of this system. The remainder of the state should be fine and mostly sunny under the influence of a ridge of high pressure.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Monday.Product IDQ10700 Notice Board MetEye extended into Queensland Queensland's improving weather services --> Rainfall Forecast Terminology 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 02:00 on Monday 6 October 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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