MELBOURNE - Dec 18/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high in the Great Australia Bight will push dry air across much of southern Queensland and the central interior. An upper trough will contract off the southeast coast early this morning but will maintain instability over central and northern Queensland. A southeasterly change will move through southeast Queensland this evening and extend along the east coast over the weekend with a firm ridge developing along the east coast. Forecast for the rest of FridayEarly morning showers over the state's southeast clearing to a fine and mostly sunny day. A medium to high chance of showers and storms in a band from the northwest of the state, across the northern interior and down to the Capricornia and Wide Bay coasts. Some of the storms may be severe about the Capricornia and Central Coast districts. The northeast tropical coast should remain fine and mostly sunny. Fine and sunny conditions through the southwest and southern interior will extend northwards into the Central West and North West districts. Moderate south to southwest winds over much of the state, fresh at times over the interior. Moderate northeast sea breezes developing along much of the east coast.Fire Danger - Severe over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, and very high over the southern districts and central west.Saturday 20 DecemberThe high pressure system should drift into the Tasman Sea while pushing a moist, yet milder onshore flow and some showers onto Queensland's far southeast. A medium to high chance of showers and storms in near the surface trough in a broad band from the Gulf Country across to the northeast tropics and down to the Wide Bay and Burnett region. A dry southerly flow should persist about the southern interior, leaving the region fine and mostly sunny.Sunday 21 DecemberThe high in the Tasman Sea should continue to push moisture from the Coral Sea into eastern Queensland, while the upper trough may strengthen well off the east coast, resulting in the slight to medium chance of showers and storms about Queensland's eastern tropics. The medium to high chance of showers and storms in a broad band from the northwest of the state down to the southeast interior, and still fine, dry and sunny in the state's southwest.Monday 22 DecemberA ridge of high pressure should persist about the east coast, pushing showers onto the far eastern districts at times. Mainly fine over the eastern interior, except for the chance of some isolated showers about the southeast and northeast. A broad area of low pressure over central Australia should draw moist northerly winds across Queensland into the far western districts, allowing for at least the moderate chance of showers and storms in the northwest. Mostly fine about the southwest with the slight chance of some showers and storms.Tuesday until ThursdayThe high should move east across New Zealand, maintaining a flow of moisture across Queensland towards a broad area of low pressure over Central Australia. The combination of these factors should lead to at least a moderate chance of storms over the western districts. Relatively quiet over the eastern half of the state as a ridge of high pressure persists about the east coast, though there will at least the slight chance of showers about the far eastern districts at times.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.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 02:15 on Friday 19 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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