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Satellite image. QLD Thu 5:00 pm EST

Queensland

Thu 5:00 pm EST

Patchy cloud is streaming over western QLD into a trough, generating showers and thundery outbreaks. Low cloud along the east coast is triggering rain, some heavy. The rest of the state is mostly dry for now as a high directs southeasterly winds.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 11:04AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Gale Warning from Bowen to Pt Danger, excluding Hervey & Moreton Bays. Strong Wind Warning Cooktown to Pt Danger, inc Hervey & Moreton Bays.

Flood warning

Issued at 10:04AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Fitzroy River Basin Including the Dawson and Comet Rivers

Flood warning

Issued at 09:30AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for Lower Condamine, Maranoa and Balonne River System.

Flood warning

Issued at 09:53AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Lower Weir River

Flood warning

Issued at 12:24PM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Moonie River

Flood warning

Issued at 09:25AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Final Flood Warning for the Wallam and Mungallala Creeks.

Flood warning

Issued at 09:21AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Lower Warrego River.

Flood warning

Issued at 09:10AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Paroo River.

Flood warning

Issued at 09:11AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Bulloo River.

Flood warning

Issued at 10:27AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for Lower Thomson and Barcoo Rivers and the Cooper Creek

Flood warning

Issued at 10:10AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Lower Diamantina River

Flood warning

Issued at 09:38AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Flood Warning for the Georgina River and Eyre Creek.

State Centres Forecast

Brisbane

Windy with showers

21 - 27

 Windy with showers

Bundaberg

Showers

22 - 27

 Showers

Cairns

Showers

25 - 31

 Showers

Gold Coast

Windy with showers

20 - 26

 Windy with showers

Longreach

Late shower

21 - 33

 Late shower

Mackay

Showers

24 - 29

 Showers

Mt Isa

Late shower

23 - 33

 Late shower

Rockhampton

Possible shower

22 - 30

 Possible shower

Sunshine Coast

Windy with showers

21 - 26

 Windy with showers

Toowoomba

Showers

16 - 23

 Showers

Townsville

Mostly cloudy

24 - 31

 Mostly cloudy

Four Day Outlook

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Showers and storms in east spreading west. Heavier falls in the SE and NW. Dry in southwest. Cool with showers along the east coast. A few storms through the west. Mainly tropics. Cool with a few showers along the east coast. Isolated storms in the far north. A few showers along the east coast and north. Warm and dry in the west.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Roma, QLD 14.0°C
Maximum: Julia Creek, QLD 37.0°C

Coastal Waters

Capricornia

Thursday: SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/30 knots during the evening. Squally showers.<p>Friday: SE 25/35 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Central Coast

Thursday: SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/30 knots during the evening. Scattered squally showers.<p>Friday: SE 25/35 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Fraser Is Waters

Thursday: SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/33 knots during the evening. Showers.<p>Friday: SE 25/35 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.5 m

Great Barrier Reef

Thursday: SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/30 knots during the evening. Scattered squally showers.<p>Friday: SE winds 25/35 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Hervey Bay

Thursday: S/SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 20/30 knots during the evening. Squally showers.<p>Friday: SE 25/33 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 2.2 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

Thursday: SE 20/30 knots. Scattered showers.<p>Friday: S/SE 25/30 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  

North Tropical Waters

Thursday: SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/30 knots during the evening. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.<p>Friday: SE 25/30 knots. Squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Northeast Gulf

Thursday: Variable 5/10 knots, mostly SE/NE. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.<p>Friday: SE/NE 10/15 knots, tending variable 5/10 knots north of Cullen Point. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Peninsula Waters

Thursday: SE/NE 10/15 knots north of Lockhart River. SE 15/20 knots south of Lockhart River, increasing to 20/25 knots south of Cape Melville during the evening. Showers and thunderstorms.<p>Friday: North of Cape Grenville: S/SE 10/15 knots. Rain areas and thunderstorms. South of Cape Grenville: SE 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots south of Lockhart River. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms in the north.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Southeast Coast

Thursday: S/SE 25/33 knots. Squally showers.<p>Friday: S/SE 25/35 knots. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.5 m

Southeast Gulf

Thursday: SE/NE 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.<p>Friday: SE/NE 15/20 knots, easing to 10/15 knots in the afternoon. Showers and isolated thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Tropical Waters

Thursday: E/SE 20/25 knots, increasing to 25/30 knots during the evening. Scattered showers.<p>Friday: SE 25/33 knots. Lighter winds inshore early morning. Scattered squally showers.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m