Good evening everyone, welcome to the weekend! Please note a Severe Thunderstorm Warning had been issued for Northwest and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields Districts, see the link below for more details. Its currently 27.2°C in Townsville with 71% humidity giving us a feel-like temp of 29.3°C. Were expecting a low of 25°C overnight with a shower or too possible tomorrow. Read ahead for the full forecast details across our focus regions.... ******************************************************************************* This is the Official Forecast for Saturday 6th of December 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. ******************************************************************************* Warnings current: > Fire Weather Warning for Central West forecast district, > Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Southeast Queensland (QLD), > Severe Thunderstorm Warning (QLD) - For people in the Northwest and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Channel Country, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast Forecast Districts. Issued at 7:03 pm Friday, 5 December 2014. Click on this link for more information and please refresh for updates: bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/index.shtml?ref=hdr _______________________________________________________ Weather Situation A high pressure system near New Zealand will extend a ridge into the Coral Sea during the forecast period, whilst a broad area of low pressure will persist through the Queensland interior. A humid and unstable airmass will combine with a series of upper troughs moving east over the state to generate an active phase of showers and storms through many parts until at least mid to late next week. Forecast for the rest of Friday Showers and storms over much of the interior and through the central and southern inland. Some showers near the southern coast with the slight to medium chance of storms this evening. The slight chance of showers over the tropics, more likely near the west Peninsula coast with the chance of some storms. Fine and partly cloudy near the southwestern border. Mostly moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, tending southerly in the southwest. Saturday 6 December Rain areas, showers and storms over southern central parts and the southeastern corner of the state. Some locally heavy falls are likely with thunderstorms. Showers and gusty storms (mostly inland) through the tropics, the northwest and into remaining central districts and the southern interior east of about Charleville. Some severe storms are likely. Partly cloudy in the southwest though with just the some early storms followed by patchy light rain. Light to moderate northwest to northeasterly winds, tending southwesterly in the southwest of the state. Fire Danger - Very High through parts of western Queensland, reaching Severe in the Central West. Sunday 7 December The first upper trough will move over eastern Queensland while a new upper trough will enter the southwest late in the day. A humid and unstable airmass will persist through much of the state, with a medium to high chance of showers and storms through the southeast into the tropical inland and northwest of the state, and a slight to medium chance near the tropical coast and through the central and southern interior east of about Longreach to Charleville. Some patchy cloud will persist through areas near and southwest of Longreach to Charleville though with just the slight chance of light rain. Monday 8 December The new upper trough will shift east over the interior. Humidity will increase through the southwest of the state leading to the slight to medium chance of showers and storms. A moist and unstable airmass will extend through remaining parts of the state with a medium to high chance of showers and storms, particularly over inland parts. Tuesday 9 December The upper trough should move into eastern Queensland, combining with the moist and unstable airmass to generate showers and storms through northern, central and southeastern districts. A slight to medium chance of showers and storms is expected through the west of the state to the west of the upper trough and in a slightly drier airmass. _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers inland, medium (60%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms, mostly inland. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 36. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Shower or two. Cairns 23 34 Shower or two. Possible storm. Atherton 18 32 Shower or two. Cooktown 25 34 Shower or two. Innisfail 23 32 Shower or two. Possible storm. Mareeba 19 34 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers inland, medium (60%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms, mostly inland. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 36. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Shower or two. Townsville 25 32 Shower or two. Ayr 22 32 Shower or two. Ingham 21 35 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers inland, medium (50%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 35. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:00 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Shower or two. Mackay 21 31 Possible shower. Bowen 24 32 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms, with possible heavy falls in the southwest in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 7:50 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Showers. Storm likely. Gladstone 24 29 Showers. Storm likely. Rockhampton 23 31 Showers. Storm likely. Biloela 19 32 Showers. Storm likely. Yeppoon 24 27 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers and gusty thunderstorms, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. Some thunderstorms will likely be severe. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly in the middle of the day then tending north to northwesterly in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Showers. Storm likely. Charters Towers 23 36 Showers. Storm likely. Georgetown 25 34 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. Thunderstorms, some likely severe. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:00 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Showers. Storm likely. Emerald 22 34 Showers. Storm likely. Clermont 22 35 Showers. Storm likely. Moranbah 22 35 _______________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers north of Mt Isa, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of thunderstorms. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly early in the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Fire Danger - High UV Alert from 8:30 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Possible shower or storm. Mount Isa 23 39 _______________________________________________________ Tropical Cyclone Three Day Outlook for the Coral Sea Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Friday 5 December 2014 for the period until midnight EST Monday 8 December 2014. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: There are no significant lows in the region and none are expected to develop in the next three days. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Saturday Very low Sunday Very low Monday Very low ******************************************************************************* Updated by Narelle for Townsville Storms at 7:30pm 5th Dec 2014 *******************************************************************************
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:30:26 +0000
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