An unseasonably cool day is on the cards for Mount Isa tomorrow, but really there is very little to be unhappy about in the FORECAST across our districts for the start of our first weekend in May. Read on for the details. And please enjoy your far-too rare (for my liking anyway!) Friday night everyone :) *********************************************** This is the Official Forecast for Saturday 03rd of May 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. *********************************************** Queensland Warning Summary at issue time - - Warning to Sheep Graziers for Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Maranoa and Warrego forecast districts, - Severe Thunderstorm Warning (QLD): For people in parts of the Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast Forecast Districts. - Marine Wind Warning Summary for Queensland. >>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 series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A surface trough extends over the eastern interior of the state and will intensify and shift east, contracting off the east Queensland coast tonight. A cold, dry airmass extends through much of the state in the wake of the trough, further enhanced by a cold front shifting east over southern Queensland during Saturday and Sunday. Forecast for the rest of Friday - Scattered to widespread showers and gusty storms through central and southeast districts, with some storms likely severe, particularly near and east of the Great Dividing Range. This activity will contract eastwards, clearing the coast during the evening. Cloud and showers in the far southwest, more frequent about the southern border where some storms are also possible. Mostly fine in the tropics with just the chance of isolated showers, mostly about the Peninsula district. Cool in the west and through the southern interior with moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwesterly winds. Moderate to fresh north to northwesterly winds in the east, tending west to southwesterly during the evening. Saturday 03 May - Isolated showers clearing the Wide Bay and Fraser coast early. Isolated showers over the southern and southeastern interior, with possible isolated thunderstorms over the far southwest. Isolated showers about the very far northeastern tropics. Find and sunny conditions elsewhere. A cold day with fresh and gusty westerly winds over the southern and southeast interior. Otherwise light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, fresh at times over the southeast. Fire Danger - Very high fire dangers over the Central Highlands and Coalfields districts. Sunday 04 May - A high will enter New South Wales, extending a ridge into much of Queensland with the cold, dry airmass continuing to dominate conditions. Clearer skies should result in early frost patches about the southeastern interior. Some patchy cloud may persist near the southwestern border though with little or no rainfall expected. Onshore winds should produce isolated showers about the very far northeastern tropics, with fine and mostly conditions elsewhere under the dry airmass. Much of the state will experience temperatures well below the May average. Monday 05 May - The high will most likely shift east into the Tasman Sea late in the day as a new, large high shifts east over the Southern Ocean. A cool, dry airmass will continue to dominate conditions across Queensland, with lighter winds most likely resulting in more extensive frosts through the southern and southeast interior. Isolated shower activity should continue about the very far northern tropics where a moist onshore wind flow persists, with fine and sunny conditions elsewhere across the state. Current Moon Phase - Waxing Crescent First Quarter: Wed May 07th Full Moon: Thu May 15th Last Quarter: Wed May 21st New Moon: Thu May 29th _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Sunny. Winds south to southwesterly and light tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 30. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Cairns: Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 30 Atherton: Sunny. Min 15 Max 25 Cooktown: Sunny. Min 22 Max 31 Innisfail: Sunny. Min 20 Max 29 Mareeba: Sunny. Min 18 Max 28 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - The chance of showers along the coastal fringe early in the morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Townsville: Mostly sunny. Min 20 Max 27 Ayr: Mostly sunny. Min 18 Max 27 Ingham: Sunny. Min 19 Max 28 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - The chance of showers near the coast early in the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Winds southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Mackay: Partly cloudy. Min 19 Max 26 Bowen: Possible early shower. Min 20 Max 27 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Mostly sunny. Winds west to southwesterly and light increasing to 15 to 25 km/h before dawn then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Gladstone: Mostly sunny. Min 17 Max 25 Rockhampton: Mostly sunny. Min 16 Max 25 Biloela: Sunny. Min 11 Max 22 Yeppoon: Mostly sunny. Min 18 Max 24 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Mostly sunny. Winds south to southwesterly and light increasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Charters Towers: Partly cloudy. Min 16 Max 25 Georgetown: Mostly sunny. Min 16 Max 27 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Sunny. Winds west to southwesterly and light increasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching between 18 and 24. > Fire Danger - Very High > UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Emerald: Sunny. Min 14 Max 23 Clermont: Sunny. Min 12 Max 23 Moranbah: Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 24 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Mostly sunny. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 9:40 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Mount Isa: Cloud clearing. Min 16 Max 22 ======================================== Updated by Trish for Townsville Storms at 7:05pm 02 May 2014. ***********************************************
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 09:05:26 +0000
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