Good morning everyone. Its Thursday the 24th of April 2014. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Heres your Northern Queensland weather forecast: Warning Summary: No warnings current. Weather Situation: A surface trough lies near the central coast and should shift north into tropical waters during today and Friday. An upper level trough and an associated cloud band extends through northern and central Queensland and should weaken and contract east during the next couple of days. Another upper level trough will move east over southern Queensland during Friday. A high pressure system will move east into southeastern Australia today and into the Tasman Sea on Friday. Forecast for the rest of Thursday: Cloudy with showers tending to rain at times and the chance of isolated storms about the southeast tropics and central coast. Isolated showers and patchy rain elsewhere through northern districts and the central interior north of Emerald, more frequent through the Peninsula with possible isolated thunderstorms. Isolated to scattered showers developing about the Capricornia and Wide Bay with possible isolated afternoon storms. Some cloud developing over the southern interior south of Longreach during the afternoon though with just the chance of isolated light showers. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. Light to moderate generally southeast to northeast winds, tending fresh along the central and tropical coasts. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Todays official forecast for the Herbert and Lower Burdekin and surrounds: Weather Situation: A surface trough lies near the central coast and should shift north into tropical waters during today and Friday. An upper level trough and an associated cloud band extends through northern and central Queensland and should weaken and contract east during the next couple of days. Another upper level trough will move east over southern Queensland during Friday. A high pressure system will move east into southeastern Australia today and into the Tasman Sea on Friday. Forecast for the rest of Thursday: Cloudy. Scattered showers and patchy rain. The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Townsville: Cloudy. A few showers, becoming more frequent during the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Ayr: Cloudy. Scattered showers and patchy rain. The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Ingham: Cloudy. Scattered showers and patchy rain. The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Charters Towers: Cloudy. A few showers and patchy rain at times, becoming less likely during the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening. Winds easterly and light becoming south to southeasterly early in the morning. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate. UV Alert from 9:10 am to 3:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Bowen: Cloudy. Showers and rain areas. The chance of thunderstorms along the coastal fringe, extending throughout during this afternoon and evening. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to high 20s. Fire Danger - Low-Moderate . UV Alert from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Forecasts are courtesy of the Bureau of Meterology. Updated by Ben at 6:51am for Townsville Storms.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:52:48 +0000