Welcome to November!! As most of you already know the 2013/2014 Tropical Cyclone Season officially commenced today. So, for the duration of the cyclone season we will be including the Bureaus Tropical Cyclone 3-day outlook for The Coral Sea at the end of each nights forecast. Have a great weekend everyone and check out what the weather has in store for us around our region tomorrow... **************************************************** This is the Official Forecast for Saturday 2nd of November 2013 for Gladstone to Cooktown and west to Mt Isa. **************************************************** Warnings current: - Severe Thunderstorm Warning (QLD) Locations which may be affected include Emerald, Longreach, Clermont, Charters Towers, Moranbah and Collinsville. >>Please check the Bureaus web site for details of the above and all latest Qld warnings information - bom.gov.au/qld/warnings ____________________________________________________ Weather Situation A surface trough lies through northern Central Coast waters and will move slowly north during this evening, while a high in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the east coast. An inland surface trough lies over the central interior and will shift westwards today before weakening over western Queensland on Saturday. An upper level trough will shift northeastwards over the state during today and Saturday before weakening on Sunday. A new surface trough will move east over southern Queensland during Sunday, followed by a firm ridge from a strong high moving across the Bight. Forecast for the rest of Friday Partly cloudy with widespread showers and thunderstorms about the Central Coast, extending southwest through the central interior. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the eastern tropics and the southern tropical interior, Central West and northern Warrego. Some thunderstorms will be possibly severe. More isolated shower and thunderstorm activity developing over remaining areas east of about Normanton to Winton. Fine and mostly sunny in the west and also through the far southeast. Moderate to fresh southeast to northeast winds over eastern districts, tending moderate southwest to southeasterly in the west. Saturday 2 November The high will move slowly east over the Tasman Sea, maintaining a firm ridge along the east Queensland coast. The inland surface trough is expected to move further west into western districts before weakening late in the day. The upper level trough is expected to move northeastwards into the tropics. Showers and thunderstorms will therefore gradually decrease over central districts and focus more through the eastern tropics south of about Cooktown. Isolated showers and thunderstorms should also occur through remaining northern districts and through the central west north of about Longreach in an unstable airmass northeast of the inland trough. Fine and partly cloudy conditions are expected elsewhere. Mostly light ti moderate southeast to northeast winds, fresh at times in the central interior and near the coast. Fire Danger - High to Very High across the state. Sunday 3 November The high will move slowly east towards New Zealand whilst a new surface trough is expected to move east over the southern interior of the state. Warm conditions will spread through southern districts in the northwesterly wind flow ahead of the surface trough. The trough will extend patchy cloud through far southern districts, with possible isolated showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and evening. The upper level trough will contract further northeast through the tropics, with showers decreasing over the northeastern tropics as a result. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist through the northwest of the state in a moist and unstable airmass, with possible isolated showers and thunderstorms also near the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. Monday 4 November The surface trough will most likely contract east off the southern Queensland coast Monday, with a fresh to strong south to southeasterly wind flow and isolated showers extending northwards along the southern Queensland coast from the south in its wake. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will continue about the Gulf of Carpentaria coast, while isolated showers should occur in an onshore wind flow about the northeastern Peninsula. Fine and mostly sunny conditions are expected elsewhere. A high moving east into southeastern Australia will extend a very dry airmass into the southern interior of the state and this should result in enhanced fire dangers through some parts. Tuesday 5 November The large high will enter the western Tasman Sea and extend a firm ridge along the east Queensland coast on Tuesday. Isolated to scattered showers will develop near the east coast in the onshore wind flow, and should extend into the southern and central interior to the east of a weak inland trough with possible isolated thunderstorms developing. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will persist through the western Peninsula and near the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Fine and mostly sunny conditions should continue in the west. ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 31. Showers and chance of a storm. Cairns 22 29 Showers and chance of a storm. Atherton 17 25 A few showers. Cooktown 24 31 Showers and chance of a storm. Innisfail 21 27 Showers and chance of a storm. Mareeba 19 28 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for Herbert and Lower Burdekin - Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 31. Showers and chance of a storm. Townsville 23 29 Showers and chance of a storm. Ayr 20 29 Showers and chance of a storm. Ingham 19 28 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for Central Coast and Whitsundays District - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and the chance of thunderstorms in the north in the morning. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Early shower or two. Mackay 21 29 Early storms. Showers. Bowen 21 29 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Capricornia District - Sunny. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Sunny. Gladstone 19 28 Sunny. Rockhampton 18 29 Sunny. Biloela 11 31 Mostly sunny. Yeppoon 21 26 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders - Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Winds east to northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 38. Chance of a storm. Charters Towers 20 30 Showers and chance of a storm. Georgetown 24 35 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the Central Highlands and Coalfields - Isolated showers in the northwest early in the morning. Sunny day. Winds east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Sunny. Emerald 16 31 Sunny. Clermont 16 32 Mostly sunny. Moranbah 17 33 ____________________________________________________ Forecast for the North West District - Sunny morning. Isolated showers east of Mt Isa during the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending east to southeasterly before dawn. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Sunny. Mount Isa 18 39 ____________________________________________________ Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Friday 1 November 2013 for the period until midnight EST Monday 4 November 2013. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: There are no significant tropical lows in the region and none are expected to develop in the next 3 days. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Saturday Very low Sunday Very low Monday Very low Please check the Bureaus web site for details of the above here: bom.gov.au/qld/forecasts/cyclone.shtml **************************************************** Updated by Narelle at 6:33pm 01 Nov 2013. ****************************************************
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 08:33:58 +0000
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