View the current warnings for Queensland
Forecast issued at 4:30 pm EST on Saturday 18 January 2025.
Weather Situation
A trough extends from the North West district through central and southeastern Queensland, and will push north into Northern Queensland on Sunday, before weakening. A high in the Bight is extending a ridge over western and interior Queensland in the wake of the trough. A low offshore of the southeastern Queensland coast may enhance showers and gusty winds in the southeast of the state over the weekend. A weak equatorial trough may form over the far northern Peninsula during the weekend and into early next week. A new trough may move east across the southern interior during the middle of next week.
Forecast for the rest of Saturday
Mostly clear in central Queensland, and the interior west of Charleville and Charters Towers. Isolated showers and thunderstorms about the Peninsula, the northeast coast and southeastern Queensland, showers tending scattered about the far northern Peninsula and in southeastern Queensland. Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts possible in eastern Queensland between Ingham and Ayr. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh and gusty at times over the southern interior and the Gold Coast, tending variable over the north and northwesterly about the far north.
Sunday 19 January
Mostly sunny in the far west interior and southwest. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending scattered over Far North Queensland and near the east coast. Showers may tend widespread at times about parts of southeastern Queensland in the morning, and central Queensland in the afternoon. Severe thunderstorms possible in eastern Queensland between Ayr and Mackay. Moderate to fresh south to southeastern winds over the southern half of the state, tending locally strong at times about the southeast coast. Winds tending variable over the north and tending northwesterly about the far north. Maximum temperatures near or below average across the southern half of the state, above average elsewhere. Heatwave conditions continuing to ease in tropical northeast Queensland.
Fire Danger - High fire danger across central and western interior Queensland.
Monday 20 January
Mostly sunny in the southern interior and much of inland southeast Queensland. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending scattered over Far North Queensland, and to only very isolated showers about the east south of Rockhampton. Showers may tend widespread at times over the northern Peninsula. Severe thunderstorms possible about northern and central Queensland north of about Longreach and south of about Cairns, mostly inland of the coast. Maximum temperatures above average in the west, otherwise, near average.
Tuesday 21 January
Mostly sunny in the south. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending scattered over Far North Queensland, and at times about the eastern coastal fringe north of Rockhampton. Maximum temperatures slightly above average in the west and south.
Wednesday 22 January
Mostly sunny in the southern interior. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending scattered to widespread over Far North Queensland. Maximum temperatures above average across most of the state, tending well above average across the southern half of the state, with severe heatwave conditions developing in parts.
Thursday until Saturday
Partly cloudy in the far southwest. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending scattered over Far North Queensland. Showers may tend widespread at times over the northern Peninsula. Maximum temperatures above to well above average and increasing over most of the state, before cooling in the far southwest on Friday and the south on Saturday. though remaining near average in the northern Peninsula. Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions developing in southern parts, before possibly easing over the weekend.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 am EST Sunday.
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