Good Afternoon Folks..... Another perfect start to the working week with it being lovely and fresh this morning which turned into a glorious day. A few darker clouds did pass by our skies this afternoon but still couldnt mar the day. Currently its 22.2C with the humidity at 72%................A mostly sunny day tomorrow for Townsville but look below for whats happening weather wise in your region. _____________________________________________________ This is the Official Forecast for Tuesday 29th of July 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. _____________________________________________________ Wind Warnings for Monday 28 July Strong Wind Warning for the following area: Peninsula Coast Please check the Bureaus website for details of the latest Qld warnings information - bom.gov.au/qld/warnings Weather Situation A slow moving high pressure system over New South Wales extends a ridge and dry airmass through much of Queensland. The high will shift slowly eastwards into the Tasman Sea ahead of a surface trough that is expected to enter southwest Queensland on Thursday, and shift eastwards contracting off the southern and central coasts late on Friday. A new high pressure system will move across the Great Australian Bight later in the week, extending a fresh and gusty southerly change over the interior of the state in the wake of the trough. Forecast for the rest of Monday Isolated to scattered showers about the north tropical coast. Fine and clear elsewhere. Moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds about the tropics and central coast. Light winds elsewhere. Tuesday 29 July Isolated coastal showers north of Cardwell. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. A cool to cold morning through the southern and southeast inland with some early frosts. Daytime temperatures will remain generally above average away from the tropics. Moderate to fresh east to southeasterly winds about the tropics and central coast. Light to moderate westerly winds in the southeast, fresh at times during the day. Light winds elsewhere. Fire Danger - Very high in the southeast. Wednesday 30 July The high will remain slow moving, maintaining a weak ridge along the north tropical coast. Much of the state will remain fine with only isolated showers expected about the east tropical coast. Early frosts will continue through the southern and southeastern inland, while daytime temperatures will remain above average away from the tropics. Thursday 31 July A surface trough should enter southwestern Queensland and shift east into the southern interior. No rainfall is expected with the passage of the trough due a dry airmass persisting. Daytime temperatures will warm further through western and southern districts in the northwesterly winds ahead of the trough, though early frosts will continue through the southern and southeast inland. An onshore wind flow should result in isolated shower activity about the east coast near and north of Yeppoon. Friday 1 August The trough should contract off the southern and central coast. Warm northwesterly winds ahead of the trough will tend cooler southwesterly in its wake. A new, strong high will then move east over the Great Australian Bight, extending a firm ridge through much of Queensland in the wake of the trough. Isolated showers are expected to continue over the east tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions should occur elsewhere. ______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. The chance of light showers near the coast. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light early in the morning then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 27. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:30 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Possible light shower. Cairns 17 26 Partly cloudy. Atherton 13 21 Possible light morning shower. Cooktown 18 26 Possible shower. Innisfail 16 24 Partly cloudy. Mareeba 15 24 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Mostly sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:30 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Mostly sunny. Townsville 13 26 Sunny. Ayr 11 26 Possible light morning shower. Ingham 14 26 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 6 and 10 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Sunny. Mackay 13 22 Sunny. Bowen 11 25 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Sunny. Areas of morning frost in the southwest. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 2 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Sunny. Gladstone 11 25 Sunny. Rockhampton 8 26 Light morning frost. Sunny. Biloela 3 26 Sunny. Yeppoon 10 23 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Sunny. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:40 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Mostly sunny. Charters Towers 11 27 Sunny. Georgetown 12 30 ______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Sunny. Areas of morning frost in the southeast. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 2 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 9:40 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Sunny. Emerald 7 26 Sunny. Clermont 4 27 Sunny. Moranbah 6 27 _____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 10:10 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Sunny. Mount Isa 11 29 ______________________________________________________ Updated by Tania for Townsville Storms, at 5:41pm 28th July 2014. _____________________________________________________
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:41:59 +0000
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