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ABC News
2 days ago
- Climate
- ABC News
Wet week ahead with 'unsettled' weather for much of Queensland
Unsettled is how Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Felim Hanniffy describes this week's weather for Queensland. "We'll see a cool start today across the southern interior, north west and far west with patchy frost," he said. "Some showers are likely around the southern and northern interior, they could be more widespread around the Sunshine Coast." The further east you go, the warmer it will be, with the chance of fog along the coast north of St Lawrence. "The theme this coming week overall is a lot more unsettled," Mr Hanniffy said. The next weather system will come in from the west on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing more cloud and scattered showers. "The main watch point probably is a more significant weather system later in the week moving into the south west late Thursday, Friday and into the weekend," he said. "It will bring a potentially significant cloud band with widespread rain across much of the interior moving east on Friday. "The week could end on a rather wet note across the state." The south-east inland could also see some mid-week thunderstorms. Overnight temperatures will be below average tomorrow, but as the cloud cover moves across the state, they will be well above average on Wednesday. "Daytime temperatures are generally on the warmer side this week, especially towards the end of the week, but should drop with that extensive cloud cover over the weekend," Mr Hanniffy said. "The bottom line is this week in comparison to recent weeks, where it's been mostly cold mornings and frosty conditions in the interior, this week looks a lot more unsettled broadly across the state and less cold across the middle of the week and quite wet. "The watch point is the latter part of the week, which could bring quite unseasonal rain to much of the interior."
ABC News
02-07-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
New wind gust record set as more flights cancelled between Brisbane and Sydney
A new wind gust record has been set at Brisbane Airport as weather conditions in New South Wales continue to cause flight cancellations. Bureau of Meterology senior forecaster Felim Hanniffy said wind gusts of up to 81 kilometres per hour were recorded last night — the strongest for that site for the month of July since records began 26 years ago. Mr Hanniffy said this was equal to the highest gusts recorded at the airport during Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March. This morning at least nine flights between Brisbane and Sydney were cancelled due to wind conditions in New South Wales. Peter Doherty from Brisbane Airport said the situation across the border was easing just in time for school holidays. "Which is good news because we know there are lots of people from New South Wales eager to come to Queensland," he said. "Conditions for flying are actually pretty good here in Brisbane, there is some wind around but it is not an issue for aircraft. Mr Hanniffy said wind speeds reached between 60 and 80kph across the south-east on Wednesday and are expected to ease today. "It shouldn't be as windy as we saw yesterday, but still gusts of 50 to 60kph around from late this morning and into the afternoon," he said. Mr Hanniffy said temperatures over the weekend are forecast to reach 23 degrees Celsius, with the chance of showers late on Sunday. "We lose the westerlies before they return again early next week, but don't look as strong as what we experienced yesterday," he said.
