Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 28/14 - 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 will move over southeast Australia today and push a weak onshore flow onto the southeast coast later today.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayShowers and storms are likely in a broad band extending from the Gulf Country down to the Central Highlands and Coalfields and across to the Capricornia coast. Warm to hot over the southeast and the central interior. Light to moderate southeast to southwest winds over the southern interior and western districts. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere.Fire Danger -  Very high over eastern districts.Thursday 30 OctoberThe surface trough should drift southwards to lie from the northwest down to the southeast interior, with an associated band of showers and storms stretching from the Gulf Country down to the Wide Bay and Burnett district. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere.Friday 31 OctoberA new high in the Great Australian Bight should push a new surface trough eastwards across the southwest during the day, with showers and storms likely to occur well to its east in a band stretching from the central coast and central interior down to the southeast. Fine over most of the remainder of the state.Saturday 1 NovemberAnother surface trough should move across the southwest during the day, with showers and storms expected in a band stretching from the northwest of the state down to the southeast, more likely about the southeast. The slight chance of some more isolated showers and storms behind the surface trough over the state's southwest. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere except for the chance of some showers about the far northeast coast.Sunday until TuesdayThe surface trough should stall over the southern interior early in the new week. Showers and storms near and ahead of the trough in a broad band stretching from the northwest 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. The chance of some showers about the east coast. Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state, except for some showers about the southeast coast early in the new week as the high moves into the Tasman Sea and pushes an onshore flow onto the southeast coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Wednesday.Product IDQ10700
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