Good morning everyone. Its Friday the 2nd of May 2014. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Heres your Northern Queensland weather forecast: Warning Summary: Nil warnings for north QLD currently in effect. Weather Situation: A series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A surface trough extends over the interior of the state and will intensify and shift east during today, most likely contracting off the east Queensland coast tonight. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state in the wake of the trough, further enhanced by a cold front shifting east over southern Queensland during Saturday. Forecast for the rest of Friday: Scattered to widespread showers and gusty storms through central and southeast districts, with some storms likely severe, particularly near and east of the Great Dividing Range. This activity will contract further east during the day and should clear the coast in the evening. Cloud and showers developing in the far southwest during the afternoon and evening, more frequent about the southern border where some storms are also likely. Mostly fine in the tropics with just the chance of isolated showers, mostly about the Peninsula district. A cool day in the west and through the southern interior with moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwesterly winds. Moderate to fresh north to northwesterly winds in the east, tending west to southwesterly from the west. Fire Danger - Very High in the Central Highlands and Coalfields district. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Todays official forecast for the Herbert and Lower Burdekin and surrounds: Weather Situation: A series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A surface trough extends over the interior of the state and will intensify and shift east during today, most likely contracting off the east Queensland coast tonight. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state in the wake of the trough, further enhanced by a cold front shifting east over southern Queensland during Saturday. Forecast for the rest of Friday: Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the south. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming south to southwesterly and light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30. Fire Danger - High. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Townsville: Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then turning westerly and becoming light in the evening. Fire Danger - High. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Ayr: Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the south. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming south to southwesterly and light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30. Fire Danger - High. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Ingham: Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the south. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming south to southwesterly and light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30. Fire Danger - High. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Charters Towers: Partly cloudy. Winds northwesterly and light becoming west to southwesterly early in the morning. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Bowen: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending west to southwesterly in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Forecasts are courtesy of the Bureau of Meterology. Updated by Ben at 6:40am for Townsville Storms.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 20:41:19 +0000
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