FIRE WEATHER WARNING for the Maranoa and Warrego, Central West, Channel Country, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts, and parts of the North West, Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast districts. Issued at 10:30pm EST on Wednesday the 25th of September 2013 for Thursday. A vigorous trough is moving east across South Australia and is expected to enter the far southwest of Queensland early Thursday. The trough should then shift rapidly east across the state to extend from about Mount Isa to Ipswich by the evening. Very hot, dry and gusty west to northwesterly winds are expected ahead of the trough, with cooler, very gusty southwesterly winds following the trough. This is expected to cause the following conditions on Thursday: Extreme fire danger in the Darling Downs and Granite Belt district southwest of Chinchilla to Inglewood and the Maranoa and Warrego district east of Mitchell to Bollon. Temperatures to 40 degrees, relative humidity to less than 10% and winds up to 50 km/h are expected. Severe fire danger in the Central West, Channel Country and Central Highlands and Coalfields districts, southern parts of the North West district; the far west of the Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast districts; and the remainder of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Maranoa and Warrego districts. Temperatures ranging from 31 degrees behind the trough to 41 degrees ahead of the trough, relative humidity to 10% and winds up to 45 km/hr are expected. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that fires will be uncontrollable and fast-moving.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:35:28 +0000
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