Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 22/16 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
An upper trough is moving across the state today, contracting northeast to the tropics by Monday, and then offshore completely during Tuesday. An associated surface trough is moving north along the northern coast. A high in the Great Australian Bight will move 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 SundayCloudy with showers and patchy rain over areas northeast of about Burketown to Coolangatta, easing and slowly clearing offshore from the Southeast Coast, Wide Bay and Burnett and Capricornia districts during the day. A medium to high chance of showers with the slight chance of thunderstorms about the southern tropics, extending inland to the southern and central tropical interior. A slight chance of showers or thunderstorms on the western Cape York Peninsula north of about Kowanyama. Fine and mostly sunny in southwest parts. Temperatures will be much lower than average over the interior. Moderate to fresh and gusty southeast to southwesterly winds in most parts, with east to northeasterly winds in the far northeast of the state.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 lower 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 26 OctoberThe ridge will persist on Wednesday with fine and sunny conditions for most of the state, although some showers are likely about parts of the tropical coasts. Temperatures will tend warmer than the average over southern and western districts.Thursday until SaturdayAn upper trough may move across southern districts on Thursday, increasing the chances of showers and possibly storms in the southeast of the state during the outlook period. Temperatures are also likely to be slightly warmer than normal during these days.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Sunday.Product IDQ10700
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