MELBOURNE - Dec 10/14 - 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 lies over the Queensland interior, and will slowly make its way east over the next few days. A humid and unstable airmass lies over much of the state near and east of the this area of low pressure. The next major upper trough will approach southwestern Queensland today and is expected to move slowly eastwards across the southern interior of the state on Friday and Saturday, before moving into the Coral Sea during Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayMedium to high chance of showers and thunderstorms over much of the state, particularly the southern inland where some storms are likely to be severe, with potential to produce damaging wind gusts and large hail. Just a slight to medium chance of showers along the tropical east coast. Light to moderate northeast to northwesterly winds.Fire Danger - Very High over the Warrego and Channel Country.Friday 12 DecemberAn upper trough will amplify as it moves east into central and southeastern Queensland. A surface trough will most likely contract off the southern coast, with a strong southerly change entering far southern waters during the early morning. Showers and thunderstorms are likely over areas to the north and east of the surface trough, tending to rain areas and isolated storms over the southeastern quarter of the state. Some heavy falls are possible over the southeast of the state. A cooler, more stable southerly wind change should extend through areas to the southwest of the trough.Saturday 13 DecemberThe upper trough is expected remain slow-moving over the southern inland, with the surface trough likely to have contracted offshore south of Townsville. A slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms continuing over the eastern half of the state, which may tend to rain areas near and east of the upper trough in the southeast. Drier air should spread to most of the west of the state with fine and mostly sunny conditions expected here. Temperatures will be well below the December average over the southern interior.Sunday 14 DecemberThe upper trough is expected to contract offshore of the southern coast, with a cooler more stable airmass spreading over most of southern Queensland. Showers and thunderstorms should continue over the tropics, with a slight to medium chance of showers or thunderstorms remaining over the southeast corner due to cold air aloft.Monday until WednesdayA much more stable upper pattern becomes established over most of Queensland. This, combined with a southerly surface airflow and a dryer airmass becoming established over the south of the state should lead to mostly fine conditions returning to sub-tropical Queensland for Monday, with showers and thunderstorms becoming confined to the the tropics. A weak upper trough and surface trough combination may move over the west of the state on Tuesday, with an associated band of showers and storms developing over the interior, contracting to the east coast by Wednesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700 Notice Board MetEye extended into Queensland --> Cairns (Saddle Mountain) Radar reinstalled Rainfall Forecast Terminology Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Cairns weather Charleville weather Longreach weather Mackay weather Mount Isa weather Rockhampton weather Townsville weather Weipa weather Other Information Fire Weather Forecast Areas About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Warnings Water Climate Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage MetEye™ National Weather Services Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 22:15 on Wednesday 10 December 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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