IDQ10120 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Gulf Country District Forecast Issued at 8:51 pm EST on Wednesday 10 December 2025 for the period until midnight EST Sunday 14 December 2025. 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 weak ridge extends across eastern Queensland from a high in the Tasman Sea connected to a high south of the Great Australian Bight. Meanwhile, a surface trough and associated dry line lies over the far southwest of the state, extending into northern New South Wales. From Friday afternoon, a heat low is forecast to develop within the trough and linger about southwest Queensland before the trough gradually moves eastwards during the weekend. Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 10 December 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. Forecast for Thursday 11 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the west in the late morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then tending northwest to northeasterly in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Burketown Possible shower or storm. Min 26 Max 36 Doomadgee Sunny morning. Possible storm. Min 25 Max 40 Kowanyama Mostly sunny. Min 25 Max 37 Normanton Sunny. Min 27 Max 39 Fire Danger: High Sun protection 8:20am to 4:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Forecast for Friday 12 December Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Burketown Possible shower or storm. Min 25 Max 36 Doomadgee Possible storm. Min 24 Max 39 Kowanyama Mostly sunny. Min 25 Max 37 Normanton Possible shower or storm. Min 26 Max 37 Forecast for Saturday 13 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Burketown Possible storm. Min 25 Max 36 Doomadgee Possible storm. Min 25 Max 39 Kowanyama Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 37 Normanton Possible shower or storm. Min 26 Max 37 Forecast for Sunday 14 December Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. Burketown Possible shower or storm. Min 26 Max 37 Doomadgee Possible shower or storm. Min 25 Max 39 Kowanyama Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 37 Normanton Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 27 Max 37 The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:30 am EST Thursday. * 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).