Its been a warm yet essentially lovely Summers day in and around the Ville, especially when compared to our southern State neighbours contending with all sorts of contrasting weather recently. So are you enjoying the outdoors this Saturday night? And if you have any delightful Valentines Day stories, let us all know! Below is tomorrows latest FORECAST for our regions. *********************************************** This is the Official Forecast for Sunday 16th of February 2014 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. *********************************************** Queensland Warning Summary at issue time - - Fire Weather Warning for Channel Country and Maranoa and Warrego forecast districts; - Marine Wind Warning Summary for Queensland. Tropical Cyclone Warnings and Information - - nil >>Please check the Bureaus web site for details of the above and all latest Qld warnings information at bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/ Weather Situation - A trough will move through far southwest Queensland during today and then progress eastwards across the southern interior through the remainder of the weekend, with hot northerly winds ahead of the trough, and cooler conditions developing following its passage. The trough is expected to stall over the interior of the state early next week with unstable conditions persisting to its east. Monsoonal flow is likely to return to the far north during Monday and Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of Saturday - Scattered showers and thunderstorms about the west and southwest. More isolated showers and thunderstorms about the far north and the southeast interior. Isolated showers about the tropical east coast. Light to moderate northeast to northwest winds across the state, fresh about the Channel Country and the southeast coast. Sunday 16 February - Cloudy with widespread showers and and scattered thunderstorms over western districts, extending into the central and southern interior during the day while clearing in the far southwest; these thunderstorms may produce some locally heavy falls. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the remainder of the tropics, becoming much more isolated over the southeast inland. Hot conditions over the southeast of the state, while a much cooler day is expected in the Channel Country. Fire Danger - Very High over the southeast inland and the far southwest. Monday 17 February - Scattered showers and thunderstorms over most parts of the state, particularly through the tropics and the interior. Drier air should extend into the southwest of the state with mostly fine conditions in the Channel Country. Tuesday 18 February - Scattered showers and thunderstorms over most parts of the state, particularly through the tropics and the interior. Shower and storms should increase further about the states far north as the monsoon trough strengthens. Current Moon Phase - Waning Gibbous Last Quarter: Sun Feb 23rd New Moon: Sat Mar 1st First Quarter: Sun Mar 9th Full Moon: Mon Mar 17th _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers from the early morning, more frequent in the south. Isolated thunderstorms in the north, extending to most parts during the day, although remaining mostly inland. Winds west to northwesterly and light. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:40 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Cairns: Shower or two. Min 24 Max 31 Atherton: Chance of a storm. Min 18 Max 28 Cooktown: Chance of a storm. Min 23 Max 32 Innisfail: Shower or two. Min 23 Max 32 Mareeba: Chance of a storm. Min 21 Max 30 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers from the early morning. Isolated thunderstorms from the early morning, mainly inland. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:30 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Townsville: A few showers. Min 25 Max 32 Ayr: A few showers. Min 23 Max 31 Ingham: A few showers. Min 23 Max 32 _______________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers from the early morning, more frequent in the north. Isolated thunderstorms from the early afternoon, mainly inland. Winds northerly and light increasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Mackay: Shower or two. Min 23 Max 30 Bowen: A few showers. Min 23 Max 31 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Mostly sunny. Winds northerly and light increasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 36. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Gladstone: Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 31 Rockhampton: Partly cloudy. Min 22 Max 32 Biloela: Sunny. Min 20 Max 35 Yeppoon: Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 30 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Possible heavy falls with storms in the southwest. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. > Fire Danger - Low-Moderate > UV Alert from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Charters Towers: Showers and chance of a storm. Min 22 Max 34 Georgetown: Showers and chance of a storm. Min 23 Max 29 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the northwest from the early morning, extending throughout from the late morning. Winds northerly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 30s. > Fire Danger - Very High > UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Emerald: Showers and chance of a storm. Min 22 Max 36 Clermont: Showers and chance of a storm. Min 21 Max 35 Moranbah: Showers and chance of a storm. Min 21 Max 35 _______________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Cloudy. Showers, becoming less widespread in the late afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms with some heavy falls, more frequent in the northeast. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. > Fire Danger - High > UV Alert from 8:50 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme] Mount Isa: Showers and a few storms. Min 24 Max 32 ======================================== Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea _______________________________________________ Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Saturday 15 February 2014 for the period until midnight EST Tuesday 18 February 2014. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: There are no significant lows in the region and none are expected to develop over the next three days. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Sunday - Very low Monday - Very low Tuesday - Very low NOTES: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of each system being a tropical cyclone in the Region for each day. Very low: less than 5% Low: 5% - 20% Moderate: 20% - 50% High: Over 50% The area of coverage for this outlook is the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea west of 160E. Further information on Tropical Cyclones is available at: bom.gov.au/cyclone/ _______________________________________________ Updated by Trish for Townsville Storms at 6:55pm 15 Feb 2014. ***********************************************
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:55:47 +0000