Welcome to a wet start to the weekend! How wonderful it is to hear this gorgeous rain on the patio roof tonight? Townsville is currently enjoying a temp of 20.5°C with 97% humidity and a low of 19°C is expected overnight. The radar shows a blob of good rain moving across us now, enjoy everyone and have a great Saturday! Read on for the full forecast details for tomorrow... ******************************************************************************* This is the Official Forecast for Saturday 16th of August 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ******************************************************************************* Warnings current: Marine Wind Warning Summary for Queensland Issued at 3:50 pm EST on Friday 15 August 2014 for the period until midnight EST Saturday 16 August 2014. Wind Warnings for Friday 15 August Strong Wind Warning for the following areas: Townsville Coast and Mackay Coast Wind Warnings for Saturday 16 August Strong Wind Warning for the following areas: Capricornia Coast, Fraser Island Coast, Sunshine Coast Waters, Moreton Bay and Gold Coast Waters. _______________________________________________________ Weather Situation A high over eastern Victoria will gradually weaken as it moves slowly eastwards over the Tasman Sea over the weekend. An upper level low over northern South Australia will move eastwards over northern New South Wales during the weekend. A surface trough will deepen further over western Queensland today in response to the upper low. This trough and an associated rain band should then shift towards the east of the state this evening and is expected to clear off the southern coast during Sunday morning. Another high will move into the Great Australian Bight on Sunday and intensify with a ridge building over northern Queensland. A cooler southwesterly airmass will start to extend across south of the state behind the trough. Forecast for the rest of Friday Widespread showers, rain areas and isolated thunderstorms are expected to extend from the east tropical coast through the central interior and into the southern interior. Rain periods will intensify in these regions during the day with locally heavy falls developing, particularly with thunderstorms. The rain band will begin to slowly move to the east late in the day, extending the rain and isolated thunderstorms to the Capricornia, Central Highlands and eastern Maranoa by the end of the day. Isolated showers will persist about the southeast coast. The southeastern interior should remain fine and partly cloudy. The far west and northwest should remain fine and clear. Moderate to fresh east to northeasterly winds through the east, tending moderate west to southwesterly over the far west. Saturday 16 August Widespread showers and thundery rain areas to extend from the central coast through to the central interior and extend into the southern interior and the southeastern corner of the state during the morning. Rain periods will contract out of the central interior and central coast during the day with possible locally heavy falls contracting into the southeast of the state, particularly with thunderstorms. Isolated to scattered showers will continue about the tropics in an onshore wind flow. A relatively moist airmass will extend into southwestern Queensland in the wake of the trough generating isolated showers. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected in the northwest. Daytime temperatures will remain below average over much of the state due to cloud cover or southerly winds. Moderate to fresh east to northeasterly winds through the east, tending moderate to fresh west to southwesterly over the west. Sunday 17 August The upper low is expected to move further east southeast over New South Wales while the surface trough will contract east off the southern Queensland coast during the morning. The rain band with possible locally heavy falls will shift into the southeast districts, most likely contracting off the southern coast early in the morning, with a dry, gusty westerly change then clearing any remaining shower activity by the afternoon. Some low cloud will persist through the southern interior with possible isolated showers. A new high will move east over South Australia, extending a weak ridge and an onshore wind flow into the eastern tropics north of Townsville with isolated to scattered showers expected. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Monday 18 August The upper low is expected to move into the eastern Tasman Sea during the day. The surface trough will be located off the east coast, with a cooler southwesterly airmass extending across most of the state. Isolated showers are expected in the southwesterly flow through the southeastern interior, particularly about the southern border, with temperatures well below the August average over most of the state. Showers are possible about the northeastern peninsula coast in a weak onshore flow. Fine and sunny conditions are expected over the remainder. Tuesday 19 August A new high will strengthen over the Great Australian Bight and extend a ridge over the northeast coast and maintain a relatively dry airmass across most of Queensland. A surface low pressure system will deepen over the Tasman Sea in response to the upper low shifting east. The surface low will extend cold, fresh and gusty southwesterly winds into southeastern Queensland, with possible isolated showers over the southeastern interior, particularly near the southern border. Mostly fine conditions are expected over the tropics, with only isolated showers over the northeastern Peninsula. _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Cloudy. Showers, becoming less widespread in the morning. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Showers easing. Cairns 20 26 Showers easing. Atherton 16 23 A few showers. Cooktown 22 25 A few showers. Innisfail 19 24 Showers easing. Mareeba 17 25 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Cloudy. Rain, easing to isolated showers in the afternoon, clearing at night. The chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Morning rain. Shower or two. Townsville 19 23 Rain easing. Ayr 19 22 Rain easing. Ingham 19 23 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Cloudy. Rain, easing to the chance of showers during the evening. The chance of thunderstorms, contracting to the south in the morning and clearing in the late afternoon. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching between 18 and 21. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Rain. Mackay 18 19 Rain easing. Bowen 19 22 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Cloudy. Rain, easing to the chance of showers at night. The chance of thunderstorms. Possible heavy falls. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 19. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Rain. Gladstone 16 17 Rain. Rockhampton 16 17 Rain. Biloela 14 17 Rain. Yeppoon 16 17 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms in the southeast early in the morning. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to southwesterly in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching between 19 and 27. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Rain clearing. Charters Towers 17 21 Early shower or two. Georgetown 18 26 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Cloudy. Rain, easing to scattered showers in the late afternoon, clearing during the evening. The chance of thunderstorms, contracting to the east in the afternoon. Possible heavy falls contracting to the east in the afternoon. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 20. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:20 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Rain easing. Emerald 14 18 Rain easing. Clermont 14 20 Rain easing. Moranbah 16 19 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light early in the morning then becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:50 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Sunny. Mount Isa 8 20 _______________________________________________________ Updated by Narelle for Townsville Storms at 7:16pm 15 August 2014 *******************************************************************************
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:16:26 +0000
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