Good evening everyone, we hope you are having a fantastic New Years Eve! If youre out celebrating with your mates, enjoying a family night at the Strand or soaking up the aircon at home in front of the TV, we hope you have a great night. Its still 29.1°C in Townsville right now and with 74% humidity its a not-so-nice feel-like temp of 33.7°C. 26°C is the expected minimum overnight and showers and/or thunderstorms are possible right across our forecast regions tomorrow. Stay safe and see you all in 2015! Read on further for your New Years Day forecast... ***************************************************************************** This is the Official Forecast for Thursday 1st of December 2015 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ***************************************************************************** Warnings current: Flood Warning - Fitzroy River (QLD), Flood Warning - Condamine and Balonne Rivers (QLD), Flood Warning - Warrego River Basin (QLD), Flood Warning - Bulloo River (QLD), Flood Warning Summary (QLD). >>Please check the Bureaus website for details of the latest Qld warnings information at bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/ _______________________________________________________ Weather Situation A ridge along the east Queensland coast will strengthen during the next few days, extending a moist easterly wind flow on to much of the east coast. A surface trough extends from the northern interior into the western Darling Downs. It is expected to shift west during the next few days, spreading moisture and instability west towards the Northern Territory border. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday Showers and storms over northern districts apart from the northeast tropical coast where just the slight chance of showers is expected. Fine and mostly clear southwest of about Mount Isa to Goondiwindi. A slight to medium chance of showers and storms over remaining areas, mostly inland. Showers increasing near the far southern coast and central coast late tonight. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds in the west, tending southeast to northeasterly elsewhere. Thursday 1 January Showers about the east coast south of Cairns, more frequent during the morning with possible local thunder. Just the slight chance of showers about the northeast coast from Cairns to Cooktown. Showers and storms over the remaining tropics and into the northern interior. Fine and mostly sunny southwest of Boulia to Thargomindah. A slight to medium chance of showers and storms over remaining parts. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeasterly winds over eastern districts, tending north to north to northeasterly in the west. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers in the south, medium (50%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms, mostly inland. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 34. Shower or two. Cairns 26 33 Shower or two. Possible storm. Atherton 20 30 Possible shower. Cooktown 26 34 Showers. Innisfail 25 31 Shower or two. Possible storm. Mareeba 22 32 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms, with possible heavy falls in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s. Showers. Possible storm. Townsville 26 32 Showers. Possible storm. Ayr 24 32 Showers. Ingham 24 32 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms, with possible heavy falls in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s. Showers. Possible storm. Mackay 24 32 Showers. Possible storm. Bowen 25 31 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms. Light winds becoming easterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Shower or two. Gladstone 24 31 Shower or two. Possible storm. Rockhampton 24 33 Shower or two. Possible storm. Biloela 21 34 Showers. Possible storm. Yeppoon 24 29 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 37. Shower or two. Possible storm. Charters Towers 25 34 Showers. Possible storm. Georgetown 25 34 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the morning then becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Shower or two. Possible storm. Emerald 24 35 Shower or two. Possible storm. Clermont 22 34 Showers. Possible storm. Moranbah 21 33 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Partly cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers in the northeast, medium (50%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms. Light winds becoming southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Shower or two. Possible storm. Mount Isa 26 38 _______________________________________________________ Tropical Cyclone Three Day Outlook for the Coral Sea Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Wednesday 31 December 2014 for the period until midnight EST Saturday 3 January 2015. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: There are no significant lows in the region and none are expected to develop in the next three days. The monsoon trough is expected to develop through the northern Coral Sea during next week. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Thursday Very low Friday Very low Saturday Very low ***************************************************************************** Updated by Narelle for Townsville Storms at 9:50pm 31 Dec 2014. *****************************************************************************
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:50:31 +0000
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