Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 8/14 - 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 will extend along the east Queensland coast during the next few days. A surface trough will remain slow moving through the west of the state for the next couple of days before shifting a little further east to extend from the northwest to the southeastern interior on Tuesday. A coastal trough will also possibly enter far southern Queensland waters late on Tuesday.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayShowers and gusty thunderstorms through the northwest of the state, decreasing late in the evening. Some light shower activity over central districts and the Wide Bay, decreasing during the evening. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Mostly light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times near the far north tropical coast.Sunday 9 NovemberShowers and gusty thunderstorms in the northwest of the state, mostly during the afternoon and evening. The slight chance of showers near the east tropical and central coasts. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A hot day over the southern interior. Moderate to fresh north to northeasterly winds over the interior, tending southeasterly in the far southwest. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere, fresh at times in the tropics.Fire Danger -  Very high over parts of the interior, including the tropical inland.Monday 10 NovemberA high pressure system will shift slowly east over the Great Australian Bight, maintaining a weak ridge along the east Queensland coast. An upper level trough will most likely move north into southern Queensland, combining with the surface trough to produce some showers and thunderstorms from the northwest of the state into the southern interior, including the southern border ranges. An increasingly moist onshore wind flow will result in some showers moving onto the east tropical coast and nearby inland. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere, with hot conditions persisting over the southern interior.Tuesday 11 NovemberThe high pressure system will move east towards Tasmania. Onshore winds will possibly produce some shower activity about the far north tropical coast. The surface trough over the interior will move a little further eastwards and combine with another weak upper level trough to generate some showers and storms from the northwest of the state into the central and southeastern interior, possibly getting to the southern coast late in the day as a coastal trough shifts north into far southern waters. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will continue elsewhere with another hot day over the southern interior.Wednesday 12 NovemberThe coastal trough will most likely shift further north through southern Queensland waters towards Fraser Island, generating some showers about the coast and nearby inland to its south. A surface trough will persist over the southern interior of the state, resulting in the slight chance of showers or thunderstorms developing over the Carnarvon ranges, the Maranoa and the Darling Downs. The high will move east into the Tasman Sea, extending a weak ridge onto the north tropical coast with just the slight chance of showers. Hot conditions will persist through the southwest.Thursday until SaturdayThe high in the Tasman Sea will weaken and shift east. A new high will enter the Great Australian Bight late on Friday and become slow moving, extending a firm ridge into western Queensland. A new trough will most likely enter the west of the state on Friday and shift east, possibly generating some showers and storms over the central and southern interior with its passage. Some uncertainty exists with the movement of this trough but there is some chance the shower or storm activity could reach the southern coast late on Friday. A coastal trough and cooler southerly wind change should then move north through southern Queensland waters on Saturday, stabilising conditions to its south. Some storm activity may persist through central districts to the north of the trough on Saturday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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