MELBOURNE - Jun 22/17 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A weak high pressure cell will likely extend over New South Wales and southeastern Queensland into the southern Coral Sea during the next few days. A broad ridge of high pressure will then develop over southern Australia through next week. Moist onshore winds will combine with a weak trough to result in some showers and drizzle areas persisting about the east tropical coast throughout the forecast period. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will extend over much of the remainder of the state through to early next week, with some early frost patches expected over the southern and central interior. Warm daytime temperatures (for June) will extend through much of western, central and southern Queensland, particularly the interior. A series of weak upper troughs will extend some patchy cloud into the far south of the state next week. Forecast for the rest of FridayMostly cloudy with a medium to high chance of showers and drizzle areas over the northeast tropical and central coasts and ranges, with the slight chance extending into the remaining northern and eastern tropics and also into the northern central interior. The slight chance of a light shower over the Wide Bay and near the Sunshine Coast, more likely over Fraser Island. Fine and sunny over the interior with early frosts likely through southern and central parts, though temperatures should then rise to be above the June average over much of the interior through the day. Light winds across the south of the state. Moderate east to southeasterly winds elsewhere.Saturday 24 JuneA weak high pressure cell will likely extend over New South Wales and southeastern Queensland into the southern Coral Sea. Onshore winds will combine with a slow moving middle level trough to result in the slight to medium chance of showers and drizzle areas about the eastern tropics and central coast, increasing to a high to very high chance about the northeast tropical coast and ranges. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will extend over remaining areas. Early frosts will remain likely through southern and central parts, though temperatures should then rise to be above the June average over much of the interior and southeast of the state through the day.Sunday 25 JuneA weak high pressure cell will likely persist over southeastern Queensland into the southern Coral Sea. Onshore winds will again lead to a slight to medium chance of showers and drizzle areas about the northern and eastern tropics, more likely over the Cassowary coast and ranges. The slight chance of light showers will persist over the central coast, mostly north of Mackay. Some patchy cloud will develop in the far southwest of the state though with no rainfall expected. The remainder of the state should be fine and mostly sunny. Early frosts will persist over the southern and central interior. Maximum temperatures will again rise to be well above the June average over much of the interior and southeast of the state.Monday 26 JuneA new, broad high pressure cell will develop across southern Australia. A broad upper trough will lead to some patchy high cloud extending into the south of the state with a slight chance of some light showers in the far southwest late in the day. Onshore winds will lead to a slight to medium chance of showers about the east coast north of St Lawrence, increasing to a medium to high chance with some drizzle areas about the northeast tropical coast. The remainder of the state should be fine and mostly sunny. Early frosts will remain possible over parts of the central and southern interior, though will likely be less extensive than previous mornings as moisture increases. Daytime temperatures will remain well above the June average over much western, central and southern Queensland, particularly the interior.Tuesday until ThursdayThe new, broad high pressure cell will remain slow moving over southern Australia throughout the outlook period. A broad upper level trough will most likely extend into southern Queensland, generating some patchy mid to high level cloud over the southern interior. No significant rainfall is expected over the southern interior on Tuesday and Wednesday, but some showers may develop on Thursday if the upper trough intensifies slightly. However there is some uncertainty with the development of the upper trough at this stage. Some showers are likely to persist over the eastern tropics, mostly near the coast. Early frost patches will remain possible over the southern and central interior, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday. Maximum temperatures will likely generally remain a bit above the June average through western and southern Queensland, apart from the far southern interior due to a cooler air mass gradually extending north.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Friday.Product IDQ10700 Notice Board MetEye extended into Queensland --> Twitter Media releases Severe Weather Update videos AskBOM videos Marketing Local Infomation Cairns weather Charleville Longreach weather Mackay weather Mount Isa Rockhampton weather Townsville weather Weipa Other Information Queensland - Local Forecast Areas About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Marine Weather Knowledge Centre 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 Industry Solutions Supplier Entry Point Facebook Twitter Youtube Blog Google+ Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 19:15 on Thursday 22 June 2017 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2017, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility
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