IDQ10180 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Central Highlands and Coalfields 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 Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm in the southwest later this evening. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Forecast for Monday 18 November Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers in the south in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 37. Clermont Sunny. Min 20 Max 35 Emerald Sunny. Min 20 Max 34 Moranbah Mostly sunny. Min 19 Max 36 Fire Danger: Moderate Sun protection 7:50am to 3:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Forecast for Tuesday 19 November Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the south, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 36. Clermont Possible shower. Min 21 Max 34 Emerald Shower or two. Min 21 Max 33 Moranbah Mostly sunny. Min 19 Max 36 Forecast for Wednesday 20 November Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 32. Clermont Shower or two. Min 21 Max 31 Emerald Shower or two. Min 21 Max 30 Moranbah Shower or two. Min 20 Max 31 Forecast for Thursday 21 November Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 30. Clermont Shower or two. Min 19 Max 27 Emerald Shower or two. Min 20 Max 28 Moranbah Shower or two. Min 19 Max 27 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).