Good Afternoon All....... All clear on the radar today, leaving us with another stellar day which as we say Goodbye to April 2014 and we slip into the last month of autumn, not only the pattern of mostly sunny weather will continue but also a nice drop of min and max temperatures on the weekend. Something to look forward too :) Currently its a pleasant 26.6C and the humidity is sitting at 72%.............Below is your forecast for tomorrow. ___________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Thursday 1st May 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ____________________________________________________ Weather Situation A weakening ridge of high pressure extends along the east Queensland coast. A series of upper level troughs will move east over southern Queensland during the forecast period. A weak surface trough will move north into far southern Queensland waters on Thursday. Another surface trough extends over the interior of the state and should shift east during Friday, most likely contracting off the east Queensland coast late Friday night. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state in the wake of the trough, further enhanced by a cold front shifting east over southern Queensland late Friday and during Saturday. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday Isolated showers about the east coast north of Gladstone, mostly about the islands. Possible isolated showers near the west Peninsula and southern Gulf of Carpentaria coasts. Patchy rain and the chance of isolated thunderstorms extending east from the southeastern interior to the southern coast. Fine and mostly clear elsewhere. Moderate to fresh southerly winds in the west. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds about the east coast north of about Gladstone. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds elsewhere. Thursday 1 May Patchy rain clearing the Fraser and Sunshine Coasts during the morning. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developing over southern central and southeast districts in the wake of the rain band. Some storms may be severe, particularly about the Wide Bay and Burnett district and the Sunshine Coast. Isolated showers elsewhere through central Queensland and into the Maranoa. Isolated showers over the far northeastern tropics and near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A cool day in the west with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds. Light to moderate mostly southeast to northeasterly winds elsewhere. Friday 2 May The surface trough over the interior of the state will shift east, mostly likely contracting off the east Queensland coast late at night. The trough will trigger scattered showers and gusty storms through central and southeast districts, with some storms likely severe, particularly in the southeast. This activity should then contract east with the trough, most likely clearing the coast during the evening. A cold front will enter the southwest of the state during the afternoon, generating some cloud and shower activity, particularly near the southwestern border where some storms are also likely. The tropics should remain mostly fine with just the chance of isolated showers, mostly north of about Cairns. Temperatures through western and southern Queensland will be well below the May average. Saturday 3 May Isolated showers should clear the east coast in the early hours with the surface trough. A cold, dry airmass will then extend through much of the state, with gusty conditions making the day feel particularly cold over the southern inland. The cold front will move further east and eventually contract off the southern coast during the evening. The zone of shower activity about the southern interior border should subsequently weaken and shift east into the far southern Downs and Granite Belt. Isolated showers should occur about the very far northeastern tropics in an onshore wind flow. Find and sunny conditions are expected elsewhere under the dry airmass. Sunday 4 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 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. ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - The chance of isolated showers during the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 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] Morning shower or two. Cairns 22 30 Possible early shower. Atherton 15 26 Possible shower. Cooktown 23 29 Morning shower or two. Innisfail 21 30 Possible early shower. Mareeba 18 29 ___________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Mostly sunny. Townsville 22 30 Mostly sunny. Ayr 20 30 Possible morning shower. Ingham 20 30 ___________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Mostly sunny morning. The chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Partly cloudy. Mackay 21 28 Mostly sunny. Bowen 21 30 ___________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers from the late morning. The chance of isolated thunderstorms from the late morning, possibly severe from the early afternoon. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 2:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Shower or two. Gladstone 20 28 Shower or two. Rockhampton 19 29 Showers and chance of a storm. Biloela 16 28 Shower or two. Yeppoon 20 27 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Sunny morning. The chance of isolated showers in the southeast in the afternoon. Light winds becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Mostly sunny. Charters Towers 19 31 Sunny. Georgetown 18 33 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers, increasing to scattered in the south. Isolated thunderstorms in the south, possibly severe from the early afternoon. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 33. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Shower or two. Emerald 19 31 Shower or two. Clermont 17 32 Shower or two developing. Moranbah 17 33 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:40 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Sunny. Mount Isa 17 30 ____________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms at 5.45pm 30th April 2014 ____________________________________________________
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:45:18 +0000
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