Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 19/14 - 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 western Queensland and the northern interior. The hot conditions will then spread to the southeast inland from Friday as a new surface trough enters the southwest of the state and becomes slow moving. A high in the Tasman Sea will maintain a weak ridge along the east Queensland coast over the next few days.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayCloudy periods with possible showers and storms through the southeast, Capricornia and central interior, becoming less likely through the afternoon and evening. Showers and storms developing through the northwest of the state and also about the Maranoa and Warrego district east of about Charleville. The slight chance of afternoon showers or storms through the central west. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere apart from the slight chance of showers near the north tropical coast. A hot day in the west. Moderate to fresh northwest to northeasterly winds, tending southeast to northeasterly in the tropics.Fire Danger -  Severe in the Central West. Very High through parts of the central and eastern interior.Friday 21 NovemberA 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 to medium 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 22 NovemberHot to very hot conditions will persist through western Queensland and the central and southeast inland as the surface trough remains slow moving in the far west of the state. The trough will continue to trigger showers and storms from the northwest of the state through central and southern parts, though storms will most likely remain inland. The tropics will remain mostly fine with just the slight chance of showers near the coast. Hot to very hot conditions will persist through much of western Queensland and the central and southeast inland.Sunday 23 NovemberThe trough should remain slow moving in the southwest of the state, generating some showers and storms through the interior southwest of about Kowanyama to Toowoomba. Eastern districts should remain fine apart from the slight chance of light showers near the exposed east coast north of the Sunshine Coast. Hot to very hot conditions will persist through much of western Queensland and the central and southeast inland.Monday until WednesdayA new trough will most likely enter the southwest of the state on Monday and shift east, possibly contracting off the southern Queensland coast on Wednesday. The trough is likely to generate some showers and storms through western Queensland and the central and southern interior, extending into the southeast of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hot to very hot conditions will also persist to the east of the trough, with temperatures likely dropping back to near average in through western Queensland on Tuesday in the cooler wind flow to the west of the trough. 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 Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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