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Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 29/16 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

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A high pressure system over northern New South Wales will shift slowly eastwards into the Coral Sea through today whilst weakening. A weak surface trough will shift eastwards over the southern interior of Queensland through today before contracting off the southern coast early on Friday. A new high will move into southwest Australia during today and then move slowly eastwards across the south of the continent over the next few days. This high will push dry, cold air across most of the state again over the weekend. A more significant upper trough may develop over Queensland early next week.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayAnother cold morning across much of the state under clear skies and light winds, particularly over the southern, central and southeast inland with some early frosts. Much of the state will be fine and sunny with only the slight to medium chance of showers near the northeast tropical coast. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh about the northeast coast, shifting southwesterly from the west behind a surface trough over the interior during the day.Friday 1 JulyThe weak upper trough will likely move slowly north over southern Queensland while the low level trough will shift east off the southern Queensland coast early in the morning. A large high will shift east over southern Australia, extending a firm ridge and another burst of cold, dry air into Queensland in the wake of the trough. Some cloud may extend into the far southern interior though with no rainfall expected. The slight to medium chance of showers will persist over the northeastern tropics in an onshore wind flow. Fine and mostly sunny conditions elsewhere. Early frosts should not be as extensive as Thursday morning due to winds associated with the passage of the trough, however some isolated frost patches are possible in the southeastern interior.Saturday 2 JulyThe weak upper trough will continue to move slowly north over the state. The large high will continue to move eastwards across the south of the continent. Dry, cold air will therefore persist across most of the state with fine and mostly sunny conditions expected apart from some showers about the northeastern tropics in the onshore wind flow. Widespread frosts are likely again about the southern and central interior.Sunday 3 JulyThe upper trough will likely move eastwards across the south of the state and weaken further whilst the large high will shift into southeastern Australia. Dry, cold air will persist across most of the state with most parts remaining fine and mostly sunny, apart from some showers about the central coast and northeastern tropics in the onshore wind flow. A weak surface trough may develop over the northeastern interior with a slight chance of afternoon showers. Widespread frosts are likely about the southern and central interior.Monday until WednesdayAnother pulse of an upper trough is likely to amplify over central Australia during Monday and move eastwards into Queensland on Tuesday and into the southeast of the state on Wednesday. Showers may develop across central, southern and eastern Queensland on Monday and Tuesday before clearing offshore in response to the new upper trough, however there is uncertainty surrounding its development at this stage. Frosts are likely to become confined to the Granite Belt on Monday morning, becoming less likely from Tuesday onwards.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Thursday.Product IDQ10700
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