Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 17/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A broad area of low pressure will persist through the interior of the state during the forecast period, maintaining hot conditions through northern and central inland parts in particular. A weak ridge along the east Queensland coast will be reinforced on Wednesday as a new high enters the Tasman Sea. A series of weak upper level troughs will move through central and southern Queensland during the next few days.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayShowers and storms developing through the Darling Downs, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and Burnett and west to the Carnarvon ranges. Some storms will likely be severe. Cloudy over the far southeast coast and inland to the southern border ranges with showers and drizzle areas, decreasing during the afternoon with the slight chance of storms developing inland. Possible showers or storms developing through the Capricornia and in the very far northwest. Possible light showers near the east tropical coast. Partly cloudy in the southwest though with no rainfall. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A hot day through the central and northern interior. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds.Fire Danger -  Very High over much of the interior apart from the far west.Wednesday 19 NovemberThe new high will enter the Tasman Sea. The surface trough will remain slow moving from the northwest of the state to the southeastern interior, with hot conditions persisting to its east through the northern and central interior. An upper trough will combine with the surface feature to generate showers and storm over the southeast of the state, with some storms likely severe. A slight to medium chance of showers and storms extends through central parts of the state, the Maranoa, the northwest and the tropical interior. An onshore wind flow will generate some showers near the east tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere.Thursday 20 NovemberThe high should move further east through the Tasman Sea. A surface trough will remain slow moving from the northwest through to the southern interior, while a new surface trough will approach the southwestern border late in the day. The upper trough will contract east into the Coral Sea, though the surface trough will still trigger showers and storms through the southeast interior and the northwest of the state. A slight chance of showers and storms will also persist through the Maranoa and central inland, while some showers will likely occur through the far northern tropics. Hot conditions are expected through western Queensland and the central interior.Friday 21 NovemberThe new trough should enter the southwest of the state, with hot to very hot conditions extending through western Queensland, the central interior and into the southeast inland. The trough will result in the slight chance of showers and storms developing from the northwest of the state through the central interior and into the southeast, with a higher chance through the southeast interior where the airmass is a little more moist. The onshore flow through the tropics will result in the slight chance of showers near the coast.Saturday until MondayThe trough should remain slow moving from the northwest of the state into the southern interior, generating some showers and storms through western Queensland and the central and southeastern interior. Hot to very hot conditions will also persist through much of western Queensland and the central and southeast inland. A weak ridge will persist along the east coast, maintaining the slight chance of showers near the tropical coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.Product IDQ10700
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