What a blissful Good Friday weather-wise, and one of the clearest radars right now that weve seen for a little while. We hope you all enjoyed a gorgeous start to the long weekend and are looking forward to more of it, even though some showers are in sight for the north. Oh and whos started on the choccy eggs already? Heres Easter Saturdays latest forecast across our districts below. *********************************************** This is the Official Forecast for Saturday 19th of April 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. *********************************************** Queensland Warning Summary at issue time - - Flood Warning - Fitzroy River (QLD); - Flood Warning Summary (QLD). Tropical Cyclone Warnings and Information - - nil >>Please check the Bureaus web site for details of the above and all latest Qld warnings information - bom.gov.au/qld/warnings Weather Situation - A surface trough extends from the Gulf Country through the Central Highlands to the Darling Downs; the southern section of this trough will move off the southeast coast overnight into Saturday. A ridge extends from a high pressure system over South Australia into southern and central inland Queensland, producing a dry and stable airmass over most of the state. Forecast for the rest of Friday - Fine and clear across most of the state. Isolated showers about the eastern districts north of Rockhampton, and mainly isolated showers and thunderstorms over the states far north. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds. Saturday 19 April - Fine and sunny over most of the state. Isolated showers about the tropical east coast, tending scattered with isolated thunderstorms over the far north. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh at times over the far north. Sunday 20 April - The high over southeast Australia should maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions across most of Queensland. A trough lying over far southern Papua New Guinea, combined with increasingly moist northeasterly flow aloft should lead to showers increasing to rain areas and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Peninsula. Monday 21 April - The high will move into the Tasman Sea, and combined with the dry airmass it should maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions across most of Queensland. the trough over the far north should continue to produce scattered showers, rain areas and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Peninsula. Current Moon Phase - Waning Gibbous Last Quarter: Tue Apr 22nd New Moon: Tue Apr 29th First Quarter: Wed May 07th Full Moon: Thu May 15th _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the south early in the morning. Isolated showers along the coastal fringe, extending throughout from the early morning. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming easterly 25 to 40 km/h in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 29. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:50 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Cairns: Shower or two. Min 24 Max 29 Atherton: Shower or two. Min 19 Max 25 Cooktown: Showers developing. Min 25 Max 29 Innisfail: Shower or two. Min 22 Max 29 Mareeba: Shower or two. Min 20 Max 28 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning, mainly inland. Isolated showers along the coastal fringe, extending throughout from the early morning. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then increasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 9:00 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Townsville: Shower or two. Min 22 Max 29 Ayr: Shower or two. Min 20 Max 29 Ingham: Shower or two. Min 19 Max 29 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning, mainly inland. Isolated showers from the morning until evening. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:50 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Mackay: Shower or two developing. Min 21 Max 28 Bowen: Shower or two. Min 21 Max 29 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:00 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Gladstone: Sunny. Min 18 Max 29 Rockhampton: Sunny. Min 17 Max 29 Biloela: Sunny. Min 12 Max 29 Yeppoon: Sunny. Min 18 Max 27 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the southeast from the late morning until evening. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 35. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 9:00 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Charters Towers: Shower or two. Min 19 Max 29 Georgetown: Partly cloudy. Min 20 Max 33 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the north early in the morning. Isolated showers in the northeast from the late morning until evening. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:00 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Emerald: Sunny. Min 15 Max 30 Clermont: Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 31 Moranbah: Shower or two. Min 18 Max 31 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Winds southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 9:30 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Mount Isa: Sunny. Min 19 Max 33 ======================================== Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea _______________________________________________ Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Friday 18 April 2014 for the period until midnight EST Monday 21 April 2014. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: There are no significant lows in the region and none are expected to develop over the next three days. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Saturday - Very low Sunday - Very low Monday - Very low NOTES: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of each system being a tropical cyclone in the Region for each day. Very low: less than 5% Low: 5% - 20% Moderate: 20% - 50% High: Over 50% The area of coverage for this outlook is the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea west of 160E. Further information on Tropical Cyclones is available at: bom.gov.au/cyclone _______________________________________________ Updated by Trish for Townsville Storms at 5:57pm 18 Apr 2014. ***********************************************
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:58:04 +0000
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