WEATHER QLD BRISBANE 1800

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-1999
WEATHER QLD BRISBANE 1800
QUEENSLAND WEATHER SUMMARY:

WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS: Nil.

RAINFALL SUMMARY: In the period 9am to 3pm a cloud band over the interior continued to
produce scattered rain areas over the inland. Showers and isolated thunderstorms continued
over central coastal and adjacent inland areas, and this weather was continuing to develop
further northwards during the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms also continued over the far
northern tropics. Rainfalls from 9am to 3pm Friday included 21mm at Ayr, 8mm at Bowen, 9mm at
Proserpine, 6mm at Mackay, 6mm at Boulia, 8mm at Blackall, 7mm at Isisford, 8mm at Charters
Towers, and 5 mm at Horn Island, Barcaldine and Tambo.

TEMPERATURE SUMMARY: Daytime temperatures during Friday were mostly near, or slightly above
the April averages, except in parts of the west, where heavier cloud cover and some rain kept
temperatures to below average. Mt Isa, at 26 deg, was 5 deg below average, and Longreach 3
below average at 28 deg. The highest temperature reported to 3pm was 37 deg at Richmond.

NOTES ON THE WEATHER CHART: The most noticeable feature on the surface chart is a large
high in the Bight. A ridge from the high is building onto the New South Wales coast. A broadly
unstable SE to E airstream has spread across Queensland. Heavier cloud cover has prevailed
over the interior in a broad uplift zone ahead of an upper trough lying from Central Australia
to the Southern New South Wales coast. Some rainfall has been reported from most districts
under the cloud band. A weak disturbance tracked westwards across the Coral Sea yesterday and
has produced scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms in the central coast and
adjacent inland areas. This influence has caused showers and thunderstorms to extend to areas
to the north of the central coastal districts during Friday. Showers and thunderstorms have
continued over the far northern tropics.

SOUTH-EAST COAST DISTRICT: Generally cloudy with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE
winds about the islands and coast, light to moderate SE/E winds inland.

BRISBANE: Generally cloudy with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 26. UV
Index - 09 (Extreme).

IPSWICH AREA: Generally cloudy with showers increasing. Light to moderate SE/E winds.
Amberley max: 27. UV Index - 09 (Extreme).

GOLD COAST: Generally cloudy with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds.
Coolangatta max: 25. UV Index - 09 (Very high).

SUNSHINE COAST: Generally cloudy with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds.
Tewantin max: 26. UV Index - 10 (Extreme).

MORETON BAY: SE winds 15/20 knots. Winds lighter in the western bay during the early
morning. Highest seas from Deception Bay to Mud Island to 1.4 metres. Showers.

PENINSULA DISTRICT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Light to moderate SE to E winds.

GULF COUNTRY DISTRICT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms about the Gulf, more isolated
further inland. Mostly light to moderate SE to NE winds.

NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS AND UPPER FLINDERS DISTRICT: Isolated afternoon and evening showers or
thunderstorms. Mostly light to moderate SE to NE winds.

NORTH TROPICAL COAST AND TABLELANDS DISTRICT: Showers and local thunder about the coast and
adjacent inland; some moderate falls likely. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms
further west. SE to E winds, freshening a little.

CAIRNS: A few thundery showers with mostly moderate SE to E winds. Max:31 .V Index - 12
(xtreme).

HERBERT AND LOWER BURDEKIN DISTRICT: Scattered showers. Some possible thunder, more likely
during the afternoon and in the south. Moderate SE to E winds, fresh at times about the coast.

TOWNSVILLE: Cloudy periods with a few showers. Moderate SE to E winds, fresh at times. Max:
31. UV Index - 11 (Extreme).

NORTH-WEST DISTRICT: Cloudy areas with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Light
to moderate SE/E winds.

MT ISA: Cloudy periods with a few showers and the chance of thunderstorms. Light to
moderate SE/E winds. Max: 29. UV Index - 11 (Extreme).

CENTRAL WEST DISTRICT: Rain areas and thunderstorms contracting to the western and southern
parts during the day, but isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere. Light to moderate SE/E
winds.

LONGREACH: Cloudy periods with rain at times and the chance of thunderstorms. Light to
moderate SE/E winds. Max: 28. UV Index - 10 (Extreme).

CHANNEL COUNTRY DISTRICT: Generally cloudy with rain areas and thunderstorms, increasing
during the day and extending throughout. Light to moderate SE/E winds.

MARANOA AND WARREGO DISTRICT: Generally cloudy. Rain areas and thunderstorms in the Warrego
and scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Maranoa. Light to moderate SE/E winds.

CHARLEVILLE: Cloudy with rain periods and the chance of thunderstorms. Light to moderate
SE/E winds. Max: 26. UV Index - 10 (Extreme).

CENTRAL COAST AND WHITSUNDAYS DISTRICT: Scattered showers. Moderate to fresh SE to E winds.

MACKAY: A few showers. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 28. UV Index - 11 (Extreme).

CAPRICORNIA DISTRICT: Generally cloudy but only isolated showers. SE to E winds, moderate
to fresh near the coast.

ROCKHAMPTON: Cloudy periods but fine most of the time. Just a brief shower or two. Moderate
SE to E winds. Max: 29. UV Index - 11 (Extreme).

GLADSTONE: Fine most of the time although partly cloudy; only one or two showers about.
Moderate to fresh SE to E winds. Max: 28. UV Index - 11 (Extreme).

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND COALFIELDS DISTRICT: Generally cloudy but only isolated rain or
showers. Light to moderate SE to NE winds.

DARLING DOWNS AND GRANITE BELT DISTRICT: Cloudy with showers increasing. Mostly light to
moderate SE/E winds but fresh at times about the eastern Downs.

TOOWOOMBA: Cloudy with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE/E winds. Max: 22. UV Index
- 09 (Extreme).

WIDE BAY AND BURNETT DISTRICT: Cloudy at times. Scattered showers about the islands and
coast with moderate to fresh SE winds. Isolated showers inland with light to moderate SE/E
winds.

BUNDABERG: Cloudy at times with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 27. UV
Index - 10 (Extreme).

HERVEY BAY: Cloudy at times with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 27.
UV Index - 10 (Extreme).

MARYBOROUGH: Cloudy at times with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 27.
UV Index - 10 (Extreme).

GYMPIE: Cloudy at times with showers increasing. Moderate to fresh SE winds. Max: 27. UV
Index - 10 (Extreme).

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KEYWORD: BRISBANE, April 2 AAP - Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology at 1800.

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