IDQ10120 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Gulf Country District Forecast Issued at 4:15 pm EST on Sunday 17 November 2024 for the period until midnight EST Thursday 21 November 2024. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A ridge along the east coast will weaken on Monday as a high pressure system moves east of New Zealand. A trough over the Channel Country will move further east over southwest parts of Queensland tonight, then will move across the northwest, central and southern interior on Monday, before reaching South East Queensland and adjacent coastal waters on Tuesday. A new ridge and moist onshore winds will extend along the east coast from Wednesday, combining with an approaching upper trough to increase rainfall about the southern coast midweek and about the tropical east coast later in the week. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 17 November Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower near the Northern Territory border, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly in the evening. Forecast for Monday 18 November Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers in the west, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the morning then becoming southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 40. Burketown Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 25 Max 33 Doomadgee Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 26 Max 34 Kowanyama Sunny. Min 26 Max 38 Normanton Partly cloudy. Min 28 Max 37 Fire Danger: Moderate Sun protection 8:20am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Forecast for Tuesday 19 November Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly early in the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 40. Burketown Possible shower. Min 26 Max 35 Doomadgee Possible shower or storm. Min 27 Max 36 Kowanyama Possible shower. Min 27 Max 38 Normanton Possible shower. Min 29 Max 37 Forecast for Wednesday 20 November Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the north, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly during the morning then tending northwest to northeasterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s. Burketown Possible shower or storm. Min 25 Max 36 Doomadgee Possible shower or storm. Min 26 Max 37 Kowanyama Shower or two. Min 26 Max 37 Normanton Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 28 Max 36 Forecast for Thursday 21 November Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the north, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s. Burketown Shower or two. Min 25 Max 35 Doomadgee Possible shower. Min 26 Max 37 Kowanyama Shower or two. Min 26 Max 36 Normanton Shower or two. Min 27 Max 35 The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Monday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).