Good Afternoon Folks...... Was lovely to wake up to some rain on my roof this morning. I was lucky to receive 6ml at Saunders Bch but not everyone was that fortunate but by lunchtime the overcast sky cleared to blue once again. Mostly sunny tomorrow with a very slight, slight chance of a shower near the coast. Currently its 24.9C, Humidity is at 53% and Winds are East North Easterly at 31km/h. Below is your forecast for tomorrow............................................... _____________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Thursday 23rd of October 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ___________________________________________________ Weather Situation A weakening ridge extends along the east Queensland coast. A broad area of low pressure will develop through the interior of the state during the next couple of days and should extend into southeastern Queensland during the weekend. Hot to very hot conditions will also extend from the southern interior of the state to remaining southern, western and central parts from Friday. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday Some light showers about the east tropical and central coasts. Possible showers near the west Peninsula coast. Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the southern interior, decreasing during the evening. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh and gusty at times along the east coast north of Fraser Island and through the northern interior. Thursday 23 October Possible showers near the east tropical coast. Showers and gusty thunderstorms developing over the southern interior east of about Quilpie and also through the Granite Belt and far southern Darling Downs, though with little rainfall expected. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A hot day through the southern interior with moderate northerly winds, gusty at times during the morning. Moderate southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere, fresh at times over northern and central parts. Fire Danger - Very High over central and northern interior, reaching Severe in the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders district. Friday 24 October The weak trough will most likely shift further east into the southeastern interior of Queensland, with a broad area of instability developing over the south of the state. Some showers and gusty storms are likely, particularly about the ranges. A slight chance of showers will persist near the east tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will occur over the remainder of the state. A hot day is expected through much of the interior and southeast inland. Saturday 25 October Unstable conditions will persist over the south of the state with some showers and gusty storms likely, particularly about the southeast inland. A slight chance of showers will persist near the east tropical coast north of Cairns. Fine and mostly sunny conditions will occur over the remainder of the state. Hot to very hot conditions will spread through much of western, central and southern Queensland, particularly inland parts where enhanced fire dangers are also likely. Sunday 26 October Temperatures will increase further through western, central and southern Queensland, leading to enhanced fire dangers. The heat and instability will likely result in some showers and gusty storms over the southeast of the state, particularly inland parts. Instability will spread further through the interior with possible showers and gusty storms, though with little rainfall given the lack of moisture. Fine and sunny conditions are expected elsewhere apart from the slight chance of showers in the very far northern tropics. ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower near the east coast. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 31. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:20 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Shower or two. Cairns 20 30 Mostly sunny. Atherton 14 26 Sunny. Cooktown 23 29 Shower or two. Innisfail 20 28 Mostly sunny. Mareeba 15 29 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower near the coast in the north during the morning. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Mostly sunny. Townsville 19 29 Sunny. Ayr 17 30 Possible morning shower. Ingham 18 29 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Sunny. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h early in the morning then tending easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Mostly sunny. Mackay 18 27 Mostly sunny. Bowen 19 29 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Sunny. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending east to northeasterly in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Sunny. Gladstone 17 27 Sunny. Rockhampton 17 29 Sunny. Biloela 12 32 Sunny. Yeppoon 19 26 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Sunny. Winds northeast to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 36. Fire Danger - Severe UV Alert from 8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Charters Towers 17 32 Sunny. Georgetown 17 35 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the southwest in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 3:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Emerald 16 32 Sunny. Clermont 14 32 Sunny. Moranbah 15 32 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Light winds becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending easterly in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:40 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Sunny. Mount Isa 19 36 ____________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms at 6.07pm 22nd October 2014 ____________________________________________________
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:07:19 +0000
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