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Satellite image. QLD Tue 4:00 am EST

Queensland

Tue 4:00 am EST

Patchy cloud over the southwest with a trough is triggering the odd storm, likely to develop further this evening. Cloud along the east tropical coast in moist onshore winds is generating showers, heaviest out at sea. Cloud skirting the rest of the coast causes the odd shower.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 03:08AM on Tuesday 14 October 2008

Cancellation of Coastal Waters Wind Warning for Lockhart River to Cairns.

State Centres Forecast

Brisbane

Mostly cloudy

15 - 26

 Mostly cloudy

Bundaberg

Mostly cloudy

17 - 25

 Mostly cloudy

Cairns

Showers

23 - 29

 Showers

Gold Coast

Mostly cloudy

18 - 25

 Mostly cloudy

Longreach

Possible thunderstorm

20 - 33

 Possible thunderstorm

Mackay

Possible shower

22 - 27

 Possible shower

Mt Isa

Possible thunderstorm

23 - 36

 Possible thunderstorm

Rockhampton

Mostly sunny

19 - 29

 Mostly sunny

Sunshine Coast

Mostly cloudy

18 - 27

 Mostly cloudy

Toowoomba

Mostly cloudy

14 - 24

 Mostly cloudy

Townsville

Possible shower

22 - 30

 Possible shower

Four Day Outlook

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Showers along the northern coasts. Isolated showers/storms developing southern inland. Showers and patchy rain throughout the southeast. Isolated showers about the northern tropical coast. Showers across the southeast, easing. Mostly sunny elsewhere. A few showers in the southeast, mainly coastal. Isolated showers for the northern tropical coast.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Warwick, QLD 12.3°C
Maximum: Cloncurry, QLD 32.9°C

Coastal Waters

Capricornia

Monday: SE/E winds 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: SE/E winds 10/15 knots tending NE close inshore in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Central Coast

SE/E winds 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Fraser Is Waters

Monday: E/NE winds 10/15 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: SE/E winds 10/15 knots tending E/NE in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Great Barrier Reef

Monday: SE/E winds 20/25 knots in the north. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: SE/E winds 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  

Hervey Bay

Monday: E/NE winds 10/15 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: SE/E winds 5/10 knots tending E/NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.0 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

Monday: NE winds 10/15 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: N/NE winds 5/10 knots increasing to 10/15 knots in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 0.7 m  

North Tropical Waters

SE winds 20/25 knots, easing to 15/20 knots south of Cairns late in the day. Scattered showers.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  

Northeast Gulf

Monday: SE/E winds 15/20 knots. Winds reaching 20/25 knots near Torres Strait. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: SE/E winds 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots near the Torres Strait. Winds easing to 10/15 knots south of Weipa in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  

Peninsula Waters

SE winds 20/25 knots. Isolated showers, tending scattered in the south.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  

Southeast Coast

Monday: E/NE winds 10/15 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: N/NE winds 5/10 knots increasing to 10/15 knots in the afternoon. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

Southeast Gulf

Monday: Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots becoming SE/NE 15/20 knots overnight. Isolated showers.<p>Tuesday: E/NE winds 15/20 knots during the morning, easing SE/E 10/15 knots in the afternoon with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Tropical Waters

SE/E winds 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots offshore. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m