Good Afternoon Folks....... A Fine day with a few fluffly cottonballs in the sky but most certainly could get used to this kind of weather tho. Warm enough to be be pleasant but cool enough to be comfortable. You just have to love Nth Qld at this time of year.........Currently its a lovely 21.7C and the humidity is at 70%. Below is your forecast for Friday. :) _____________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Friday 22nd of August 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ____________________________________________________ Wind Warnings for Friday 22 August Strong Wind Warning for the following areas: Peninsula Coast and Cooktown Coast. Weather Situation A large high near Tasmania will move slowly to the east and strengthen over the next few days, extending a firm ridge through most of Queensland. A weak upper low lies inland near the Queensland/NSW border, while slow-moving surface troughs lie over the eastern inland and just off the southeast Queensland coast. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Isolated showers over southeast, southern and central inland parts of Queensland. Isolated thunderstorms over the Maranoa, southern central highlands and northwest Darling Downs. Isolated showers over the tropical east. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds for most of the state. Friday 22 August Isolated showers over southeast, southern and central inland parts of Queensland, tending scattered near the southeast coast. Possible thunderstorms about the Maranoa and Warrego district. Isolated showers over the tropical east. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds for most of the state. Saturday 23 August The high in the Tasman Sea will continue moving slowly to the southeast, maintaining the east to southeasterly flow and bringing isolated showers to most of the east coast. An upper trough is expected to remain over the southeast of the state, maintaining the moderately unstable conditions with scattered shower activity likely for the southeast coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Sunday 24 August The high will move very slowly to the east, bringing isolated showers to the east coast in the onshore wind flow. Showers may tend more scattered about the southeast coast with slight instability remaining. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are likely elsewhere. Monday 25 August The high will continue to move very slowly to the east, bringing isolated showers to the east coast in the onshore wind flow. Showers may tend more scattered about the exposed parts of the southeast coast with a weak trough expected in the area. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are likely elsewhere. _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the south. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 28. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Morning shower or two. Cairns 18 27 Shower or two clearing. Atherton 13 22 Mostly sunny. Cooktown 20 27 Shower or two. Innisfail 17 25 Partly cloudy. Mareeba 15 25 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the north in the morning and afternoon. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly before dawn then tending east to northeasterly in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Mostly sunny. Townsville 15 26 Morning shower or two. Ayr 13 26 Shower or two. Ingham 15 25 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. The chance of showers until evening. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly early in the morning then tending east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Shower or two. Mackay 15 22 Morning shower or two. Bowen 16 25 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers contracting to the coast during the evening. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Shower or two. Gladstone 13 23 Shower or two. Rockhampton 13 24 Shower or two. Biloela 8 23 Shower or two. Yeppoon 14 21 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - The chance of showers in the south early in the morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Mostly sunny. Charters Towers 13 27 Partly cloudy. Georgetown 16 30 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the east from the late morning. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Mostly sunny. Emerald 11 24 Morning shower or two. Clermont 10 25 Partly cloudy. Moranbah 10 25 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h turning southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:40 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Sunny. Mount Isa 9 28 _____________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms at 5.56pm 21st August 2014 _____________________________________________________
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:56:16 +0000
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