Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 1/14 - 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 extends along the east Queensland coast. A new high will enter the Tasman Sea on Monday and Tuesday, reinforcing the ridge. A surface trough over the interior of the state will remain slow moving over the next few days before shifting west again early next week. A coastal trough will move north along the southern coast during Sunday and enter the Wide Bay and Capricornia coasts on Monday. An upper level trough will also enter the Wide Bay and Capricornia districts on Monday.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayShowers and possible gusty thunderstorms in a band from the northwest of the state into the central and southeastern interior. Some of this activity may reach the southern coast late this evening. Possible gusty showers or storms in the southwest, though with little rainfall expected. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds in the tropics. Moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds in the southwest, tending west to southwest in the southern interior. Moderate to fresh northwest to northeasterly winds elsewhere, strong at times along the southern coast.Sunday 2 NovemberShowers and gusty thunderstorms in a band from the northwest of the state into central districts and into the Wide Bay and Burnett and northern Darling Downs. Some showers about the far southeast of the state with storms about the Great Dividing Range which may reach the southeast coast later in the day. Some high cloud will extend into the southwest of the state though with little or no rainfall expected. Mostly sunny in the tropics apart from the slight chance of showers near the far north coast. Cooler moderate to fresh east to southeast winds about the southeast of the state, strong about the coast. Moderate to fresh and gusty south to southeast winds through much of southern and western interior. Moderate southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere.Fire Danger -  Very High in the southeast and central interior as some inland parts of the tropics.Monday 3 NovemberThe inland surface trough will shift a little further west as the ridge along the coast builds. It will likely trigger some showers and storms through the interior of the state northeast of about Mount Isa to Charleville. The coastal trough should shift north towards the Capricornia coast. It will likely combine with an upper level trough to lead to a high chance of showers and some storms through the Capricornia, southern central interior and Wide Bay and Burnett with some locally heavy falls possible with storms. The tropics will remain fine apart from the slight chance of showers near the far north coast. A much cooler day is expected over central and southeast districts due to cloud cover and/or southeasterly winds.Tuesday 4 NovemberThe coastal trough will weaken as it shifts north into the central coast though should still trigger some showers and possible storms through parts of central districts. Moisture will increase along the eastern tropics with showers developing south of about Cooktown. The inland trough will shift further west to extend from about Mount Isa to Thargomindah, with some showers and storms over the interior near and to its east. Mostly fine conditions are expected in the southeastern corner of the state with just the slight chance of showers.Wednesday 5 NovemberA surface trough over the west of the state will likely trigger showers and storms from the northwest, through the central west into the southern interior. The ridge along the east coast should weaken but fresh southeasterly winds should lead to showers about the east coast and adjacent inland with possible thunderstorms about the ranges. Mostly sunny about the southeast of the state under the ridge and in far southwest of the state.Thursday until SaturdayA surface trough over the interior of the state will likely trigger showers and storms from the northwest into the southern and southeast interior during Thursday, with storms possibly reaching the southeast coast later in the day. Instability should decrease during Friday and Saturday with storms likely to become mainly confined to the central interior and western parts of the state. Showers about the eastern tropics and central coast should gradually decrease and contract northwards during the outlook period as the ridge along the east coast weakens.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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