Good morning everyone, welcome to Wednesday the 14th of January 2015, its currently 26.2 degrees with the humidity at 80% winds are N at 9km/h. Have a great day everyone. _________________________________________________ Heres your Northern Queensland weather forecast. Weather Situation The monsoon trough extends across southern Cape York Peninsula to a low in the Coral Sea. A trough extends from the northwest of the state into the southern interior. The trough is expected to shift further east over the interior of the state during today and should contract off the far southeast coast during Thursday morning. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday A medium to high chance of showers and storms over the states far north and also in a band stretching from the Gulf Country down to the southeast interior, spreading across to the eastern tropical interior and the southeast coast late in the day. The slight chance of showers about the remainder of the east coast. Fine, mild and sunny over the Channel Country. Moderate to fresh northwest to northeast winds over eastern districts. Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds over the southern interior and southwest of the state. ____________________________________________________ Todays official forecast for the Herbert and Lower Burdekin and surrounds. Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the north, most likely this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 32 to 37. Fire Danger - High - UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Townsville: Max 34 Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 20 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Fire Danger - High - UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Ayr: Max 34 Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the north, most likely this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 32 to 37. Fire Danger - High - UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Bowen: Max 33 Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s. Fire Danger - High - UV Alert from 8:00 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Ingham: Max 35 Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the north, most likely this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 32 to 37. Fire Danger - High - UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Charters Towers: Max 38 Mostly sunny morning. Slight (30%) chance of a shower later tonight. The chance of a thunderstorm this evening. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate - UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] _____________________________________________________ Forecasts are Courtesy of the Bureau Of Meteorology Updated by Liz for Townsville Storms at 5.20am
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:22:50 +0000