Good evening, how are we all tonight? Hope youve had a fantastic Thursday! Its currently 23.7°C here in Townsville with 61% humidity and it is expected to be down to 18°C in the morning. The weekend is looking mostly sunny for us with high temps of 30°C and lows of 20°C...so get your gorgeous on Townsville!! Read ahead for all the forecast details for Friday across our regions... ******************************************************************************* This is the Official Forecast for Friday 24th of October 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ******************************************************************************* Warnings current: - Fire Weather Warning for Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders forecast district, - Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Southeast Queensland (QLD). >>Please check the Bureaus website for details of the above and all latest Qld warnings information - bom.gov.au/qld/warnings _______________________________________________________ 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 to remaining southern, western and central parts during the weekend and should persist into early next week. Forecast for the rest of Thursday Possible showers near the east tropical coast. Some showers and gusty thunderstorms over the southeastern and southern interior east of about Quilpie, clearing during the evening. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh at times over the tropics. Friday 24 October Some showers and gusty storms developing over the southern and southeastern interior, particularly about the ranges. Possible showers near the east tropical coast, mostly during the morning. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A hot day through the southern and southeastern interior with moderate northerly winds. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds over northern parts. Light winds elsewhere, tending fresh northerly along the far southern coast. Fire Danger - Very High over much of the interior, reaching Severe over the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders district. 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 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. Monday 27 October Hot to very hot conditions and enhanced fire dangers will continue to affect much of western, central and southern Queensland, particularly the Darling Downs and Maranoa and Warrego districts. Showers and gusty storms remain possible over much of western, central and southern Queensland, particularly through the central interior and southeast inland. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected in the tropics. _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower near the coastal fringe, most likely during the morning. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 19 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] Morning shower or two. Cairns 20 30 Partly cloudy. Atherton 14 26 Mostly sunny. Cooktown 22 29 Possible morning shower. Innisfail 19 28 Partly cloudy. Mareeba 15 29 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 33. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Townsville 18 29 Sunny. Ayr 15 30 Mostly sunny. Ingham 16 30 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Sunny. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 33. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 3:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Mackay 16 27 Sunny. Bowen 18 29 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:00 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Gladstone 16 27 Sunny. Rockhampton 15 30 Sunny. Biloela 10 33 Sunny. Yeppoon 16 26 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Sunny. Light winds becoming easterly 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 38. Fire Danger - Severe UV Alert from 8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Charters Towers 15 33 Sunny. Georgetown 18 35 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Sunny. Emerald 15 33 Sunny. Clermont 13 33 Sunny. Moranbah 13 33 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then turning easterly in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the 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 37 _______________________________________________________ Updated by Narelle for Townsville Storms at 7:08pm 23 Oct 2014. *******************************************************************************
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:08:44 +0000
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