IDQ10700
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland
Queensland State Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am EST on Wednesday 15 February 2012
Warning Summary at issue time
Flood Warnings are current for various rivers and streams.
Weather Situation
A weak upper level trough is approaching far southwest Queensland, while a surface trough extends from the Gulf Country through the central interior to about Cunnamulla. A high in the Tasman Sea is building a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. A trough over the central and northern Coral Sea is moving slowly west.
Forecast for the rest of Wednesday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over most of the eastern half of the state and Gulf Country, tending scattered about the southern interior this afternoon. Scattered showers along the tropical east coast. Mainly fine about the southeast, except for some isolated showers about the coast and over the southeast interior. Fine over the western interior. Moderate to fresh SE winds along the east coast. Light to moderate SE to NE winds elsewhere.
Forecast for Thursday
The influence of the Coral Sea trough should lead to fresh onshore flow and scattered showers and isolated storms about the northeast coast, with some moderate falls possible about the wet tropics. Mainly isolated showers and storms about the remainder of the east coast and most nearby inland areas, tending more scattered in the far southeast. Fine over the southeast interior. The weak surface trough over the central and southern interior should produce some isolated showers and thunderstorms. Fine in the far west.
Forecast for Friday
The ridge along the east coast and trough over the Coral Sea will continue to produce fresh SE winds, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms with some moderate falls about the wet tropics and northern Cape York Peninsula. Isolated to scattered showers along the remainder of the east coast and adjacent inland. Isolated showers and thunderstorms about southern Cape York Peninsula and Gulf Country. A developing upper level ridge should bring a return to fine conditions over the inland.
Forecast for Saturday
Showers and storms spreading to rain areas about the northern Peninsula and the northeast coast as the Coral Sea trough approaches from the east. Mainly isolated showers along the remaining eastern coast. Fine over the remainder of the state.
Outlook for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
A weak ridge should remain over the southeast coast during the weekend and early into the new week, maintaining mainly fine conditions through the interior, though some showers and storms are possible over the southeast on Tuesday as an upper trough approaches. The continuing influence of the Coral Sea trough should maintain rain areas, widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms along the northeast coast and the nearby inland areas.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST Wednesday.
