Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 21/16 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
An upper trough and associated surface trough will move eastwards across Queensland during the weekend. The surface trough should clear off the southeast coast late today with the coastal trough moving north through the Capricornia and Central Coast on Sunday. A new high in the western Great Australian Bight moves eastwards across southern Australia over the next few days, extending a ridge and cool air into Queensland in the wake of the surface trough.
Forecast for the rest of SaturdayA band of cloud with patchy rain areas and a slight chance of thunderstorms will move eastwards across central and southern Queensland, reaching the southeast coast late in the day. Patchy rain in the southwest should clear during the afternoon. The medium to high chance of a shower and the chance of a storm in the far northwest, with the slight chance of a shower over parts of the Peninsula. Cooler in the southwest of the state and in the central and southern interior beneath the cloud band. Mostly moderate east to northeasterly winds in the east, with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds extending from the west to most parts during the day.Fire Danger -  Very High in the Peninsula district.Sunday 23 OctoberThe trough system will clear off the southeast coast during the morning, and from central districts during the afternoon. Cloud with showers and patchy rain should clear from the southeast of the state early in the morning, but will longer about parts of Wide Bay, Capricornia and Central Coast through the day. A slight chance of showers exists about Cape York Peninsula and the tropics. Fine and mostly sunny in southwest parts. Temperatures will be much cooler than average in the wake of the trough over the interior.Monday 24 OctoberThe trough system is likely to linger about the northeast tropics leading to a medium to high chance of showers and possible storms. A high pressure system will move east across southeast Australia, extending a ridge along the east Queensland coast. A slight chance of showers about the exposed coast in the southeast. Fine and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state. Temperatures will remain cooler than average over much of the state.Tuesday 25 OctoberA ridge will extend across most of Queensland with fine and sunny conditions for most of the state, although some showers are likely about the northeast tropical coast, and there is the chance of a thunderstorm about parts of the Peninsula and the Gulf Country coast. Temperatures should return close to average in most parts.Wednesday until FridayThe ridge will persist on Wednesday with fine and sunny conditions for most of the state, although some showers are likely about parts of the Peninsula coast. Another surface trough may move into the southeast of the state on Thursday with showers possible about the southeast of the state on Thursday and Friday. Maximum temperatures are expected to continue to be below the average.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Saturday.Product IDQ10700
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