Weather for the Weekend of 3 - 4 March 2012

Updated 2/3/2012

The monsoon trough lingers across northern Australia and a trough runs diagonally from the west Kimberley coast to southern NSW. The southern edge of this trough will be pushed westwards as a high in Bass Straight ridges up the east coast. This ridge will weaken on Sunday, allowing the trough to move east somewhat but it is not expected in SE Queensland until next week.

There has been some rain in the eastern Downs in the last 7 days - Oakey received 6mm and Dalby 4mm, with similar amounts west to Drillham. Further west a band of higher falls runs from Injune, through Wallumbilla and down to St George, with falls of about 30-70mm.

Saturday 3 March 2012
Dalby           34C
Stability        A
Convection    Dry convection to 9,000ft with cloud base 7,000ft
Wind             E @ 10kts

There will be some high cloud about.


Sunday 4 March 2012
Dalby           33C
Stability        A
Convection    Dry convection to 8,500ft with some thin cloud
Wind             ENE @ 5kts

There may be some thin high cloud about.