MELBOURNE - Feb 9/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A large high in the southern Tasman Sea will move eastwards towards New Zealand. The high will reinforce the ridge along the east coast of Queensland over the next few days. A weak upper trough in southern Queensland will move north into central Queensland later today. The monsoon trough is likely to strengthen and become more active over the far north towards the end of the week. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayA slight to medium chance of showers about much of the east coast and adjacent inland, increasing to a high to very high chance about the north tropical Coast. A medium to high chance of showers and possible storms about the far north of the state. Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state, although there is a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm over the southern Darling Downs and Granite Belt, eastern Channel Country and Warrego.Fire Danger - Very High over the western Darling Downs.Wednesday 11 FebruaryThe strong high near New Zealand will extend a ridge along the east coast of Queensland, with a slight to medium chance of showers about the east coast and adjacent inland in the onshore flow. An upper level trough should shift northwards through central parts helping to generate showers and possible thunderstorms over parts of the eastern and central interior, and also about the Channel Country. Moisture and instability are expected to continue over the northern tropics, with showers and thunderstorms continuing. Much of the west and southern interior should remain fine and mostly sunny.Thursday 12 FebruaryAnother strong high will move into the Tasman Sea, thus the ridge along the east coast is expected to persist with a slight to medium chance of showers about the east coast and adjacent inland. An upper level trough will linger through central and northern parts helping to generate showers and possible thunderstorms over parts of the eastern and central interior. A freshening of the monsoon flow over the far north appears likely, maintaining moisture and instability over the northern tropics, with a high to very high chance of showers and thunderstorms. Much of the west and southern interior should remain mostly fine and mostly sunny, with just the slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm over the southern interior.Friday 13 FebruaryThe strong high should drift slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea maintaining the ridge along the east Queensland coast with a slight to medium chance of showers persisting about the east coast and adjacent inland. The upper level trough should linger through central and northern parts helping to increase showers, with the potential for thunderstorms, for eastern districts north of about St Lawrence. Monsoonal flow over the far north should bring rain areas and thunderstorms, and this activity may become refocused about the North Tropical Coast, with the possibility of some heavy falls returning. Much of the west and southern interior should remain fine and mostly sunny.Saturday until MondayThe strong high should drift slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea maintaining the ridge along the east Queensland coast with a slight to medium chance of showers persisting about the east coast and adjacent inland. The upper level trough should linger through central and northern parts helping to increase showers, with the potential for thunderstorms, for eastern districts north of about St Lawrence. Monsoonal flow over the far north should bring rain areas and thunderstorms with some heavy falls possible about the peninsula and North Tropical Coast. Much of the west and southern interior should remain fine and mostly sunny.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Tuesday.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 Twitter Youtube Blog Google+ Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 04:15 on Tuesday 10 February 2015 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, 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 ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } }; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();
---
STAT News Service
Only active subscribers can read all of this article.
If you are a subscriber, please log into the website.
If you are not a subscriber, click here to subscribe to this edition of the STAT website and to learn more about becoming a subscriber.