Good Afternoon Folks......... A Partly cloudy day with a bit of smoke haze drifting in this afternoon from a nearby fire which looks to be on Mt Stuart and of course holds no threat to homes or property. A chance of some patchy fog around tomorrow morning and Currently it 24.5C with the humidity sitting around 70%. Below is your forecast for tomorrow. ____________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Friday 30th of May 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ____________________________________________________ Weather Situation A high in the Tasman Sea extends a weak ridge along the east coast of Queensland. A new high will enter the Tasman Sea tomorrow, reinforcing the ridge along the east coast. A trough will enter western Queensland on Saturday and shift slowly east over the interior during the weekend. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Isolated showers about the central and east tropical coasts. Fine and mostly clear through the remainder of the state. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds for most parts, fresh at times near the east tropical coast. Friday 30 May Isolated to scattered showers about the exposed east coast with some isolated shower activity extending into the eastern interior during the day. Fine and mostly sunny conditions about the remainder of the state with maximum temperatures remaining several degrees above the average. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds for most parts, fresh at times near the east tropical coast. Saturday 31 May The high will remain slow moving in the Tasman Sea, maintaining a firm ridge over eastern Queensland. Moist onshore winds will produce isolated showers over eastern districts, more scattered about the exposed east coast and nearby inland. A new trough will enter western Queensland, producing isolated showers over parts of the southern interior, with possible isolated thunderstorms near the southern interior border. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected in the northwest of the state. Sunday 1 June The trough should continue to move slowly eastwards, entering the far southwest of the Darling Downs district late in the day. Isolated showers are expected near and to the east of the trough, mostly through the southern and southeastern interior, with isolated thunderstorms possible near the New South Wales border. Isolated showers are expected along much of the east coast, scattered about the North Tropical Coast. Much of the west of the state will be fine and mostly sunny in the dry air to the west of the trough. Maximum temperatures should return close to average in the southwest of the state. Monday 2 June The trough will remain slow moving over the southeast interior of the state whilst a moist onshore flow will continue about the central and northern east coast. Isolated showers are expected about eastern districts, more frequent about the central and north tropical coasts. Isolated showers are also possible about the central and southeast interior in association with the trough. Much of western Queensland and the northern interior should be fine and mostly sunny. ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the south early in the morning. Isolated showers, more frequent near the coast. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 27. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] A few showers easing. Cairns 21 28 Possible shower. Atherton 15 22 Shower or two. Cooktown 22 28 A few showers. Innisfail 20 26 Possible shower. Mareeba 18 26 ___________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Isolated showers. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:30 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Shower or two. Townsville 19 28 Shower or two. Ayr 17 27 A few showers. Ingham 19 26 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the south early in the morning. The chance of isolated showers. Winds east to southeasterly and light increasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Shower or two. Mackay 18 25 Shower or two. Bowen 20 27 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Partly cloudy. Areas of morning fog. The chance of isolated showers from the late morning. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate] Possible shower. Gladstone 17 26 Possible late shower. Rockhampton 16 27 Early fog then partly cloudy. Biloela 11 27 Shower or two developing. Yeppoon 18 25 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the southeast early in the morning. The chance of isolated showers from the late morning, mainly in the southeast. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 32. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Possible shower. Charters Towers 16 28 Partly cloudy. Georgetown 16 31 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the north early in the morning. The chance of showers in the northwest in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to around 13 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Partly cloudy. Emerald 13 28 Partly cloudy. Clermont 12 28 Early fog then mostly sunny. Moranbah 14 28 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Mostly sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming east to southeasterly and light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 10:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Mostly sunny. Mount Isa 17 31 ____________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms at 5.53pm 29th May 2014 ____________________________________________________
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 07:52:03 +0000
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