Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 30/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A deep low in the Tasman Sea will move to the southeast over the weekend, whilst a high in the Southern Ocean will move slowly eastwards over the next few days whilst strengthening. A trough over the interior of the state will move eastwards through today. A weak upper trough will move eastwards across southern Queensland today, contacting of the east coast tonight. A more significant upper trough will enter the southwest of the state early next week.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayFine, sunny and warm across much of the state. A medium chance of showers and thunderstorms over the far northern tropics. A slight chance of showers and possible thunderstorms from the central interior in to the southeast interior. Moderate southeast to northeast winds along the east coast and adjacent inland. Moderate westerly winds across the northern tropics. Moderate south to southwesterly winds elsewhere, fresh at times in the west.Fire Danger -  Very high over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt.Sunday 1 FebruaryA high in the Great Australian Bight will extend a ridge into southern Queensland, maintain mostly fine and sunny conditions across most of central and southern Queensland. Showers and thunderstorms are likely over the far north where humidity levels will remain higher. A weak trough will move into far southeast Queensland later in the day with some showers developing south of Brisbane in the evening. Warm for much of the state.Monday 2 FebruaryA high over the Great Australian Bight will extend a ridge up Queensland's east coast, and the associated onshore wind flow should combine with an upper trough over the southwest of the state to produce the mainly moderate chance of showers and storms over the eastern districts and the central interior. Fine though partly cloudy over the western interior and southern interior, and showers and storms in more humid air over the far north.Tuesday 3 FebruaryAn upper level low may form within the upper trough over the southern interior, and the system should drag moisture inland, leading to at least a moderate chance of showers and storms over much of the state. Fine and mostly sunny in drier air over the western interior.Wednesday until FridayThe upper level low should persist over the interior, allowing showers and storms to continue over the central interior and southern interior in the middle of the week, before easing later in the week as humidity levels decrease across the interior. Showers and storms continuing about the northern tropics. There is considerable uncertainty about the movement of a tropical system in the Coral Sea from mid-week onwards. Showers, winds and swells may increase about the southeast of the state if the tropical system does approach the coast later next week.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Saturday.Product IDQ10700
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