What Queenslanders can expect from the weather to start the week
Only one part of the Queensland coast is expected to avoid passing showers today, while in most inland areas there is a reprieve from high fire danger conditions.
Queenslanders can anticipate a week of mixed weather, with showers and cloudy conditions along the far-northern, central, and southern coasts. Townsville and surrounding areas are expected to stay dry. Inland regions will experience dry conditions with mild temperatures. Wind gusts may elevate fire danger to high levels in central-western parts of the state throughout the week.
The forecast is based on a persistent high-pressure system over the Tasman Sea. Senior meteorologist Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology explained that the system is creating cloudy conditions with passing showers along the Queensland coastline. One coastal area, the Herbert and Lower Burdekin, will avoid rainfall. A large high-pressure system is forecast to persist over the Tasman Sea for the next few days, resulting in cloudy skies and intermittent showers along the Queensland coastline.
One coastal region, the Herbert and Lower Burdekin, will remain dry. Narramore added that inland areas can expect a dry and partly cloudy week. Rain may fall in parts of the Channel Country and areas near the New South Wales border due to upper reaches of weather systems from inland. Temperatures will remain mild across the state, with overnight lows dropping to single figures in some inland areas, but not enough to cause overnight frosts.
A moderate fire danger is anticipated in northern interior parts of the state throughout the week. The Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns, saw three grassfires that required control on Saturday, with two fires near Mareeba and another crossing a rail corridor and Highway. Rural Fire Service Tablelands area inspector Anthony Staniland stated that the region had its first wave of high fire danger, prompting brigades to raise their readiness levels.
Fire crews advised landowners to take extra caution if they are working on their land, such as slashing, mowing, welding, or grinding. A bushfire near Millmerran Woods in the state's south was also extinguished. Narramore noted that easterly winds with some moisture are expected, preventing the formation of extremely dry, southerly or south-westerly winds that could raise fire danger.
Starting Tuesday, the state will experience more moisture and cloud cover, resulting in only moderate fire danger for the remainder of the week.
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