Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders Forecast

View the current warnings for Queensland

Forecast issued at 4:18 pm EST on Tuesday 30 May 2023.

Weather Situation

A large high is moving eastward over southern Australia, maintaining a cold and dry air mass across most of Queensland over the next day or so. The high will move into the Tasman Sea from Wednesday with winds turning onshore and returning moisture and cloud to eastern coastal parts during the second half of the week. A trough will enter far western Queensland over the weekend, then move eastward across the state early next week.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Clear. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Wednesday 31 May

Partly cloudy. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 5 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 30.

Fire Danger - Moderate

Sun protection 9:30am to 2:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Cloudy. Charters Towers 9 27
Mostly sunny. Georgetown 11 30

Thursday 1 June

Mostly sunny. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening then becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31.

Friday 2 June

Mostly sunny. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30.

Saturday 3 June

Partly cloudy. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the day then becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Wednesday.

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