Peninsula Forecast

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Forecast issued at 4:15 pm EST on Thursday 30 November 2023.

Weather Situation

A slack pressure gradient and a warm, unstable air mass remains over northern Queensland. A trough extends from the northwest across central Queensland and offshore of the southern Queensland coast, with a drier westerly air flow across southeast Queensland in its wake. The trough will move back west across the interior from Friday, resulting in the return of more humid and unstable conditions in the southeast. A high will move eastward across the Southern Ocean over the weekend and is expected to strengthen a ridge over most of Queensland from early next week, with a southeasterly wind change spreading north along the east coast from Monday. This is likely to result in a period of more settled weather for much of the state next week.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Mostly clear. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening.

Friday 1 December

Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers in the west, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

Fire Danger - Moderate

Sun protection 8:20am to 4:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Shower or two. Possible storm. Weipa 25 36
Partly cloudy. Coen 23 36
Possible shower. Palmerville 24 38
Sunny. Thursday Island 26 34

Saturday 2 December

Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers south of Palmerville, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

Sunday 3 December

Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers south of Palmerville, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

Monday 4 December

Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

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

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