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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland

Queensland State Forecast
Issued at 3:00 am EST on Thursday 11 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 Thursday 11 December
Partly cloudy with the chance of a shower along the east coast north of St.
Lawrence, tending isolated in Far North Queensland. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms about western and interior Queensland, extending as far as the
Gold Coast hinterland and tending scattered about the Maranoa and Warrego.
Thunderstorms gusty at times about the interior. Possible morning fog in the
southeast, less likely near the coast. Light to moderate east to southeasterly
winds about eastern districts, tending north to northeasterly elsewhere.
Maximum temperatures above average about western Queensland, near average
elsewhere.

Forecast for Friday 12 December
The chance of a shower along the east coast, tending isolated between Gladstone
and Cooktown, about the southeast and through Torres Strait. The chance of a
shower or thunderstorm elsewhere, tending isolated about the southeastern
interior and the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Thunderstorms possibly
severe with damaging wind gusts, large hail and heavy rainfall about the
southern interior. Maximum temperatures above average about western Queensland,
below average about the southeast, near average elsewhere.

Forecast for Saturday 13 December
Partly cloudy with the chance of a shower along the east coast. The chance of a
shower or thunderstorm elsewhere, tending isolated about the southern interior
and southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast. Possible morning fog in the southeast.
Maximum temperatures near average about the southeast, above average elsewhere.

Forecast for Sunday 14 December
Partly cloudy with the chance of a shower along the east coast north of
Townsville, the chance of a shower or thunderstorm elsewhere, tending isolated
from the northwest to the southeast of the state. Maximum temperatures near
average in the southwest, above average elsewhere.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:30 pm EST Thursday.

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