Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 22/19 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
Severe tropical cyclone Trevor is currently located over the central Gulf of Carpentaria and is expected to continue to more southwestwards across the Gulf, making landfall over the southwest Gulf coast in the Northern Territory, most likely on Saturday morning. A weak ridge will persist along the east coast of Queensland over the weekend and will combine with the cyclone to drag a moist air mass over much of northern and western Queensland over the weekend. A weak upper trough will maintain instability about the southeast of the state on Saturday but this will move offshore on Sunday. A new upper trough, moving across the south of the continent next week, is likely to bring areas of moderate to heavy rainfall across southwestern Queensland and the southern interior.
Forecast for the rest of FridayA high to very high chance of showers and gusty thunderstorms across the north of the state with some locally heavy falls possible. A medium to high chance of showers about the central coast and Herbert and Lower Burdekin coast. A medium chance of showers and isolated storms in the southeast of the state, extending into the southern interior. Fine and mostly clear in the southwest of the state. Mostly moderate to fresh southeast to northeast winds. Gales developing about the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast (refer to cyclone warning for severe tropical cyclone Trevor).Saturday 23 MarchA high to very high chance of showers, rain areas and isolated thunderstorms about the far northwest of the state with heavy falls likely. A high to very high chance of showers and gusty thunderstorms across the remainder of the north of the state, north of about Century Mine to Townsville. A medium chance of showers and thunderstorms elsewhere north of about Mount Isa to Mackay. A slight to medium chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms about the southern and southeast interior with a slight chance of showers about the southeast coast. Hot over the southern and southeast interior. Mostly moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh and gusty about the northwest of the state with gales about the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast (refer to cyclone warning for severe tropical cyclone Trevor).Fire Danger -  Very high in the Gulf Country.Sunday 24 MarchThe remnant of tropical cyclone Trevor will continue to move southwards through the Northern Territory, whilst a ridge will persist along the east coast of Queensland. A very moist air mass will therefore extend over much of the north and west of the state with further showers and thunderstorms across much of the north of the state. A slight to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms will also extend into the Channel Country as the moist, unstable air extend south. A medium chance of showers about the central coast. The southeast of the state should remain mostly fine with only a slight chance of shower or thunderstorm about the border ranges. Maximum temperatures will rise further over the southern interior and southeast of the state to be several degrees above the March average.Monday 25 MarchA new upper trough will strengthen and move eastwards across the south of the continent and is likely to combine the remnants of tropical cyclone Trevor to extend rain areas and isolated thunderstorms across southwestern Queensland and into the Warrego district. Moderate to heavy falls are possible, depending on the movement of the remnants of tropical cyclone Trevor. A high to very high chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms will also persist about the north and northwest of the state in the moist and unstable airmass. A medium chance of showers will persist about the Central Coast in the onshore winds. The southeast corner of the state should remain fine and mostly sunny. Maximum temperatures will remain several degrees above the March average in the southeast of the state but will cool in the west and southwest as cloud cover and precipitation increases.Tuesday 26 MarchThe remnants of tropical cyclone are likely to move slowly eastwards across the southwest of the state but there remains some uncertainty regarding the movement of the system. Areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms are likely to continue across the southwest of the state and also parts of the southern interior with further moderate to heavy falls possible in the Channel Country. A high to very high chance of showers and storms will continue across the north and northwest of the state in the moist and unstable airmass. A slight to medium chance of showers and possible storms may extend into the southeast of the state later in the day. Cool conditions will extend through the west and southern interior with maximum temperatures falling well below the March average.Wednesday until FridayA broad upper trough over the south of the continent will gradually move eastwards through the outlook period with areas of rain, showers and thunderstorms extending eastwards across much of the state. Further moderate to heavy falls are possible about parts of the southern interior. Showers and thunderstorms will continue over northern Queensland in the moist and unstable air mass. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will extend into western Queensland on Wednesday and Thursday, extending into the central interior on Friday. Cool conditions will persist over much of the interior of the state through the outlook period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Saturday.Product IDQ10700
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