Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 20/14 - 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 districts and into the southern and central inland into early next week. 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 FridaySome morning showers through the Wide Bay and near the southern coast. Showers and storms developing from the northwest of the state through the central interior and into the southeast inland, with a slight chance of storms reaching the southern coast late in the day. Mostly fine in the tropics with just the slight chance of showers near the Peninsula coast. Fine though partly cloudy in the southwest. A hot to very hot day through much of the interior with moderate to fresh and gusty northwest to northeasterly winds, tending southerly in the far southwest. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds through the northern tropics.Fire Danger -  Severe in the Maranoa and Warrego district. Very High through much of the central, southern and southeast interior.Saturday 22 NovemberHot to very hot conditions will persist through western Queensland and the central and southeast inland as a 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.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 Normanton 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 24 NovemberA broad area of low pressure will persist through the west of the state, with showers and storms expected southwest of about Normanton to Goondiwindi. Moisture and instability will also likely increase about the tropics with a medium chance showers near the east tropical coast and a slight chance extending into the Peninsula and tropical interior. Hot to very hot conditions will persist through much of the southern interior and into the central west and southeast inland.Tuesday until ThursdayThe trough will most likely shift a little further east during Tuesday and Wednesday, with the shower and storm zone extending further east into the southeast of the state and possibly reaching the southern coast late Wednesday. A strong high will likely enter the Great Australian Bight on Tuesday and shift slowly east. The moist onshore wind flow from the high will likely combine with an upper trough to produce showers and storms through the southeast, southern central districts and into the central west on Thursday. A slight to medium chance of showers will persist about the tropics and central coast until Thursday when conditions should then dry. Temperatures will return to near average from Wednesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDQ10700
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