Good Evening Weather Watchers...... A oppressive warm day today with it hard to feel cool even in the best of airconditioning. We havent seen too much rain developing yet but we do expect late this evening/ early tomorrow that that will change. With King tides set for tomorrow and Friday mornings all those in low lying areas please take precautions and take care...........Below is your forecast for tomorrow _____________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Thursday 30th of January 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ____________________________________________________ Weather Situation A monsoon trough extends through the Gulf of Carpentaria into Cape York Peninsula and across the northern Coral Sea to a developing tropical low in the Coral Sea. The tropical low is expected to deepen over the next couple of days and move westwards towards the Queensland coast. Forecasts are highly dependent on the development and movement of this system. A high over the Tasman Sea extends a firm ridge along the east Queensland coast to the south of the monsoon trough. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday Frequent squally showers and possible thunderstorms about the east tropical coast and central coast, increasing to rain late evening, with moderate to heavy falls likely. Scattered showers and thunderstorms should occur elsewhere through the eastern tropics, though to tending to rain areas across the far northern Peninsula. Isolated showers and thunderstorms through the tropical interior and the Gulf Country district. Isolated to scattered showers along the remaining east coast. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Strong to gale force east to southeasterly winds about the east coast north of Fraser Island. Mostly moderate easterly winds over remaining parts of the state, tending moderate to fresh west to northwesterly in the far north. Thursday 30 January Frequent squally showers, rain areas and thunderstorms with moderate to heavy falls likely, for large parts of the eastern tropics and the central coast, extending inland into northern parts of the central interior and the southern tropical interior during the day. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the remaining tropics, tending to rain areas across the far northern Peninsula. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developing over remaining inland parts north of Emerald and east of Richmond. Isolated to scattered showers along the remaining east coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Strong to gale force east to southeasterly winds about the east coast north of the Sunshine Coast. Mostly moderate easterly winds over remaining parts of the state, tending moderate to fresh west to northwesterly in the far north. Fire Danger - Very High to Severe Fire Dangers over western districts and the southern and central interior. Friday 31 January The forecast at this stage is still highly dependent on the development and movement of the tropical low, which at this point in time is most likely to make landfall during the morning. Squally showers, rain areas and thunderstorms with moderate to heavy falls, are likely to occur about the southern tropics, the Central Coast and Capricornia districts, extending inland to parts of the central and tropical interior. Scattered showers and thunderstorms over remaining parts of the tropics, tending to rain areas in the far north due to strengthening monsoonal flow. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms should develop through the northwest and remaining central districts as the tropical low moves further inland. Isolated to scattered showers are likely to persist about remaining eastern districts in the onshore wind flow. Fine and partly cloudy conditions should occur elsewhere. Saturday 1 February The forecast at this stage is still highly dependent on the movement of the tropical low, though the low is likely to move into the southern tropical or central interior with showers, rain areas and thunderstorms about the southern tropics and the Central Coast and the Capricornia districts, extending inland to parts of the tropical and central interior and the far west. Moderate to heavy falls are possible through the southern tropics and about the Central Coast and northern central interior as the monsoon trough extends east from the tropical low. Scattered showers and thunderstorms over remaining parts of the tropics, tending to rain areas in the far north due to the monsoonal flow. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are likely to extend south to a line that extends from approximately Birdsville to Gladstone as a moist unstable airmass wraps around the tropical low. Isolated to scattered showers are likely to persist about remaining eastern districts in the onshore wind flow. Fine and partly cloudy conditions should occur elsewhere. Sunday 2 February The forecast is still highly dependent on the movement of the tropical low, though the low is likely to move west into the Northwest district while the monsoon trough is likely to move north from the Central Coast into the northern tropics. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to persist across the north, with the possibility of moderate to heavy falls near the monsoon trough. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms should also occur through central parts and the far west, although this activity should decrease during the day as the monsoon trough shifts north. Much of the southern half of the state should remain mostly fine, although showers may continue about the east coast in the onshore flow. ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Cloudy. Showers, tending to rain south of about Cairns. Isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls likely. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Damaging wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h possible depending on movement and development of Tropical Low. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 31. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 16 [Extreme] Rain. Windy. Cairns 24 29 Rain. Windy. Atherton 18 24 Showers and chance of a storm. Cooktown 24 33 Rain. Windy. Innisfail 23 26 Rain. Windy. Mareeba 22 26 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Cloudy. Rain developing early in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls likely. Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h turning southerly 30 to 45 km/h in the morning then tending south to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h in the evening. Damaging wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h possible depending on movement and development of Tropical Low. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Rain. Windy. Townsville 24 27 Rain. Windy. Ayr 22 25 Rain. Windy. Ingham 22 26 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Cloudy. Rain developing early in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls likely. Winds southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the morning then decreasing to 30 to 40 km/h in the evening. Damaging wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h possible depending on movement and development of Tropical Low. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Rain. Windy. Mackay 24 26 Rain. Windy. Bowen 23 27 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Cloudy. Isolated showers, tending scattered in the north. The chance of thunderstorms in the north. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h turning easterly 30 to 45 km/h until evening then decreasing to 20 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Shower or two. Windy. Gladstone 23 29 Shower or two. Windy. Rockhampton 23 28 Cloudy. Biloela 19 30 A few showers. Windy. Yeppoon 23 26 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Cloudy. Isolated showers, increasing to areas of heavy rain in the afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h increasing to 40 km/h before tending south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 37. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Rain developing. Windy. Charters Towers 22 23 Shower or two . Georgetown 24 32 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers developing north of about Emerald, tending to rain areas in the northeast. The chance of thunderstorms in the north. Moderate to heavy falls possible in the north. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 30 to 45 km/h in the morning then decreasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 33. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Shower or two developing. Emerald 21 31 Showers and chance of a storm. Clermont 20 28 Rain developing. Windy. Moranbah 21 24 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Winds northeast to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending southeasterly in the middle of the day then tending easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Fire Danger - Very High UV Alert from 8:50 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Sunny. Mount Isa 23 39 _____________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms at 6.40pm 29th January 2014 _____________________________________________________
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:38:35 +0000
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