Morning Weather - September 18 - Wally's Weather Australia

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National

Note the heating up of the Indian Ocean just West of Darwin, already warm enough for cyclone activity.

Tasman Sea high extends ridge over Queensland, weakening gradually. Trough brings hot air from the interior, followed by ridge and cool change.

State

The Tasman Sea high will weaken and a trough will bring hot air to southern Queensland from Wednesday. A ridge and cooler change will follow on Friday.

4-day

• Tuesday: Partly cloudy with showers north of Rainbow Beach, scattered on Cassowary Coast. Sunny elsewhere. High temps in southern-central interior, average elsewhere. Above average min temps in southwest, average along east coast and Far North, slightly below average elsewhere. High fire danger in central-southern interior.

• Wednesday: Warm and sunny inland. Partly cloudy on the east coast with isolated light showers in the North Tropical Coast, northern Peninsula, and Torres Strait. Patchy morning fog in eastern districts south of St Lawrence. Hot temperatures in the southern interior, above-average temperatures in other areas. Above-average minimum temperatures in the southwest, near-average elsewhere. High fire danger in central and southern parts of the interior.

• Thursday: Thursday will be dry and sunny, with hot temperatures in the southeast. There will be a gusty southerly wind in the southwest. Temperatures will be higher than usual in most districts except the Peninsula and Channel Country. There is a high fire danger in the interior, northwest, and southeast, and an extreme fire danger in the Channel Country.

• Friday: Most areas will be dry and sunny, but the east will have some clouds and cooler conditions with a few isolated showers near the coast in South East Queensland. The interior will stay dry, but the rest of the east coast may see some isolated showers starting on Saturday. Central and northern Queensland will have above average temperatures on Friday, while the rest of the areas will have near average temperatures. Western Queensland will see above average temperatures returning from Saturday.

Townsville

Max 29°C, Mostly sunny, 10% chance of rain. Mostly sunny. Light winds, becoming SE 15-20 km/h in the morning, then E 20-30 km/h midday.

Herbert and Lower Burdekin

Max 28°C, Mostly sunny, 5% chance of rain. Partly cloudy, slight shower chance north, near zero elsewhere. E-SE winds 15-20 km/h, shifting E-NE 20-30 km/h late morning/early afternoon, then decreasing to 15-20 km/h evening.

North Tropical Coast and Tablelands

Max 26°C, Possible shower, 40% chance of rain. Partly cloudy, high coastal shower chance, medium elsewhere. E-SE winds 20-30 km/h.

Cairns

Max 27°C, Few showers, easing, 80% chance of rain. Partly cloudy, high chance of showers, becoming less likely late PM & evening. S-SE winds 15-20 km/h, shifting E-SE 20-30 km/h AM, then SE and light PM.

Mackay

Max 26°C, Partly cloudy, 5% chance of rain. E-SE winds 20-30 km/h.

Northern Goldfields

Max 33°C, Sunny, 0% chance of rain. E winds 20-30 km/h.

Mt Isa

Max 32°C, Sunny, 0% chance of rain. Sunny. NE winds 15-25 km/h, becoming light midday.

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National maps by Weatherzone (weatherzone.com.au)

State maps by Windy (Windy.com)

Weather forecast supplemented by Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au)

Rainfall daily totals (https://meteologix.com/ )

Wally's Weather provides professionally researched data and information. Andrew aka 'Wally' has over 20 years of experience in meteorology research and data analysis. The content here is provided as educational information aimed at providing the community and businesses with the tools required to determine local-based forecasts. IMPORTANT: The forecasts and information posted should never be used on their own to make business decisions as local influences.