FIRE WEATHER WARNING for the Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego and parts of the Northwest, Central West and Darling Downs districts. Issued at 3:44pm EST on Monday the 30th of September 2013 for today and Tuesday. A front moving across South Australia is extending fresh north to northwesterly winds across the southwest of the state. These hot, dry winds will produce the following conditions until late this evening: Severe fire danger in the Channel Country district. Temperatures to 38 degrees, relative humidity down to 5% and winds to 40 km/h are expected. The front will enter the far southwest of the state during Tuesday morning and move towards the east to extend from Mount Isa to Ipswich by late evening. Hot, dry, strong and gusty north to northwesterly winds to the east of the trough and warm, dry, strong and gusty winds to the west of the trough are expected to cause the following conditions on Tuesday: Severe fire danger in the Channel Country and Maranoa and Warrego districts, the Northwest district south of about Mount Isa, the Central West district southwest of about Longreach and the Darling Downs district west of about Dalby. Temperatures ranging from 33 degrees to 40 degrees, relative humidity to 10% and winds to 50 km/h are expected. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that fires will be uncontrollable and fast-moving.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:59:04 +0000
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