Weather

Satellite image. QLD Fri 8:00 am EST

Queensland

Fri 8:00 am EST

Some patchy low cloud over the east coast of QLD, in some moist easterly winds, is bringing just a light few showers. Cloud in the far west, in a trough, is bringing some patchy rain. It is staying dry elsewhere under a broad but weakening high pressure ridge.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 05:03AM on Friday 3 September 2010

Strong Wind Warning Torres Strait to Cooktown

State Centres Forecast

Brisbane

Drizzle

14 - 27

 Drizzle

Bundaberg

Mostly sunny

13 - 26

 Mostly sunny

Cairns

Late shower

21 - 29

 Late shower

Gold Coast

Late shower

13 - 24

 Late shower

Longreach

Mostly sunny

17 - 34

 Mostly sunny

Mackay

Mostly cloudy

17 - 25

 Mostly cloudy

Mt Isa

Mostly cloudy

18 - 36

 Mostly cloudy

Rockhampton

Mostly sunny

14 - 28

 Mostly sunny

Sunshine Coast

Drizzle

14 - 25

 Drizzle

Toowoomba

Drizzle

13 - 24

 Drizzle

Townsville

Mostly cloudy

18 - 27

 Mostly cloudy

Four Day Outlook

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Showers along the east coast with onshore winds.. A little rain moving into the far west. Humid easterly winds and showers throughout. Heavy rain and storms spreading through southeast. Heavy showers and isolated storms in west & south. Showers in the northeast. Mild throughout. A few isolated thundery showers in the north. Pathy rain in the south. Mainly dry elsewhere.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Stanthorpe, QLD 8.3°C
Maximum: Horn Island, QLD 28.1°C

Coastal Waters

Capricornia

E/NE 10/15 knots. Inshore SW winds 5/10 knots early.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Central Coast

E/NE 10/15 knots. Inshore SW winds 5/10 knots early. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Fraser Is Waters

NW/NE 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Great Barrier Reef

E/NE 10/15 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Hervey Bay

NE/NW 5/10 knots, becoming NE 10/15 knots by late morning.  Sea: Up to 0.5 m  

Keppel Bay

Thursday: SW to SE winds 10/15 knots increasing to 20/30 knots on Friday mainly in outer waters.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  

Moreton Bay

NW/NE 10/15 knots early morning, tending SE 10/15 knots by mid afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 0.7 m  

North Tropical Waters

E/SE 15/20 knots north of Cairns, 10/15 knots south of Cairns. Lighter winds inshore early. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Northeast Gulf

E/SE 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots at times during the morning north of Weipa. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  

Peninsula Waters

SE 25/30 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  

Southeast Coast

NW/NE 10/15 knots before a 15/20 knot SE change extending from southern waters from late morning, reaching Cape Moreton during the evening. Isolated showers near and after the change.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Southeast Gulf

E/NE 10/15 knots in the morning, reaching 15/20 knots north of Kowanyama. E/NE Winds easing to 10/15 knots in the afternoon with inshore seabreezes.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Tropical Waters

SE/NE 10/15 knots. Inshore SW winds 5/10 knots early. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m