Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 27/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A surface trough stretches from the northwest down to the state's southeast. A weak high in the Tasman Sea will push a milder southerly change across the southeast coast during the day.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayHot with elevated fire danger from the central interior down to the southeast interior. Milder, but still above average temperatures over the southern interior. Some showers and storms ahead of the trough in a broad band from the northwest down to the southeast of the state. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Light to moderate southeast to southwest winds over the southern interior and western interior districts. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere.Fire Danger -  Severe Fire Danger for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt district. Very high over remainder of the eastern half of the state.Wednesday 29 OctoberA surface trough extending from the northwest of the state to the southeast coast should shift northwards, producing a broad band of showers and storms from the Gulf Country down to the Capricornia and Wide Bay coasts. Warm to hot over the southeast and the central interior.Thursday 30 OctoberThe surface trough should drift southwards to lie from the northern interior down to the southeast interior and should produce an associated band of showers and storms stretching from the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders down to the Southeast Coast district. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere except for the chance of some showers or storms in the Gulf Country.Friday 31 OctoberShowers and storms should occur to the north of the surface trough in a band stretching from the central interior of the state down to the southeast. Fine over most of the remainder of the state. The chance of some showers about the North Tropical Coast.Saturday until MondayA new high over the Great Australian Bight should push a new surface trough eastwards across southern Queensland early in the weekend, before stalling over the southern interior early in the new week. Showers and storms ahead of the surface trough in a band stretching from the northeast of the state down to the southeast. There's also the chance of some more isolated showers and storms behind the surface trough over the state's southwest, at least early in the weekend. The chance of some showers about the tropical east coast. Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700
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