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Satellite image. QLD Sat 2:00 am EST

Queensland

Sat 2:00 am EST

Thick cloud is forming over southeast QLD in a deep trough, causing isolated showers and thunderstorms. Patchy cloud over the southern interior in another trough brings just the odd shower. Skies are remaining mostly clear elsewhere under a ridge of high pressure.

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State Centres Forecast

Brisbane

Windy

13 - 24

 Windy

Bundaberg

Mostly sunny

13 - 25

 Mostly sunny

Cairns

Mostly sunny

20 - 29

 Mostly sunny

Gold Coast

Windy

11 - 23

 Windy

Longreach

Mostly sunny

9 - 27

 Mostly sunny

Mackay

Mostly sunny

13 - 26

 Mostly sunny

Mt Isa

Mostly sunny

12 - 30

 Mostly sunny

Rockhampton

Mostly sunny

12 - 26

 Mostly sunny

Sunshine Coast

Windy

12 - 23

 Windy

Toowoomba

Mostly cloudy

11 - 18

 Mostly cloudy

Townsville

Mostly sunny

18 - 29

 Mostly sunny

Four Day Outlook

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
A light shower or two for the southeast inland. Isolated showers eastern Cape York. Dry elsewhere. Cold morning with fog and frost patches. Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in far northeast. Chance showers along the northern tropical coast. Mild northeast to easterly winds. Chance of a shower along northern tropical coast. Partly cloudy, but dry inland.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Jimna, QLD 9.2°C
Maximum: Horn Island, QLD 25.5°C

Coastal Waters

Capricornia

Friday: NW/NE winds 10/15 knots, shifting NW/SW this evening and increasing to 15/20 knots over southern offshore waters.<p>Saturday: SW/S winds 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots offshore in the morning and again at night. Inshore afternoon NE seabreezes at 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Central Coast

Friday: Variable winds 5/10 knots, shifting SW at 10/15 knots tonight. Inshore afternoon NE seabreezes 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: SW/S winds 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots offshore in the morning. Winds tending SE/NE inshore in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Fraser Is Waters

Friday: NW/N winds 10/15 knots, shifting NW/SW this evening and increasing to 15/20 knots.<p>Saturday: W/SW winds 15/20 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Great Barrier Reef

Friday: NW/N winds 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: SW/S winds 15/20 knots, easing to SW/SE at 10/15 knots in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Hervey Bay

Friday: NW/N winds 10/15 knots, shifting NW/SW during this evening and increasing to 15/20 knots.<p>Saturday: W/SW winds 15/20 knots, a little lighter in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.7 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

Friday: NW/N winds 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/20 knots this evening and shifting W/NW. Isolated showers and thunderstorms clearing this evening.<p>Saturday: W/SW winds 15/20 knots, increasing to 20/25 knots during the morning before easing to 15/20 knots by early evening.  Sea: Up to 1.3 m  

North Tropical Waters

Friday: SE winds 15/20 knots over far northern waters. SE/NE winds 10/15 knots elsewhere.<p>Saturday: S/SE winds 15/20 knots north of Cairns. SE/NE winds 10/15 knots south of Cairns, though S/SE winds reaching 15/20 knots offshore in the morning. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Northeast Gulf

Friday: SE winds 15/20 knots near Torres Strait. SE/E winds 10/15 knots elsewhere with inshore afternoon seabreezes at 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: SE winds 15/20 knots. Winds easing to 10/15 knots south of Cullen Point in the afternoon with inshore seabreezes at 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Peninsula Waters

Friday: SE winds 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.<p>Saturday: SE winds 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.7 m  

Southeast Coast

Friday: NW/N winds 15/20 knots, shifting W/NW this evening. Isolated showers and thunderstorms clearing this evening.<p>Saturday: W/SW winds 15/20 knots, increasing to 20/25 knots during the early morning. Winds easing to 15/20 knots inshore by early evening.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Southeast Gulf

Friday: S/SE winds 15/20 knots, easing to 10/15 knots inshore with seabreezes until early evening.<p>Saturday: S/SE winds 20/25 knots, easing to 15/20 knots in the afternoon with inshore seabreezes 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 2.2 m  

Tropical Waters

Friday: Variable winds 5/10 knots. Inshore afternoon NE seabreezes 10/15 knots.<p>Saturday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots offshore in the morning. Afternoon NE seabreezes inshore at 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m