Clear skies for Queensland after hail, hotter temperatures for the Ekka

Australia Broadcast Center

2 days ago

Spring is in the air for Queenslanders, with mostly dry and sunny conditions forecast for the weekend ahead.
It comes after two days of thunderstorms and hail in the southern parts of the state.
Meteorologist Helen Reid, from the Bureau of Meteorology, said the weather activity would move away from the south-east on Friday.
"We're not going to be seeing much in the way of weather across the entirety of Queensland for several days," she said.
"We'll see bits of frosty patches through the southern regions, and maybe some fog through the coastal district."
Southern parts of the state received scattered hailstorms on Thursday and Friday, with the eastern Darling Downs, south-east Queensland and Wide Bay Burnett the most impacted.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Baden Gilbert said the hail was about one centimetre in diameter.
"We saw reports from places like Dayboro and Laceys Creek as well as Crows Nest, even down … in the Granite Belt at Glen Aplin, and even right up through the vicinity of Gympie as well," he said.
He said it all dissipated by the time the sun went down and was offshore by 10pm.
Queenslanders can expect some cooler morning temperatures on Sunday, sitting two to four degrees below average, as a dry air mass makes it way into the state.
"A trough line we're expecting to move through the course of the weekend, will just take the edge off the warmth of the temperature and freshening of the winds," Ms Reid said.
There may be some isolated showers around K'gari and Moreton Bay, and a very slight chance for the north tropical coast.
Most of the state will experience clear skies continue into next week.
"Nothing in the way of rainfall is expected anywhere in the state until we get into the south-east coastal areas during … next week."
Brisbane's Royal Queensland Show will wrap up on Sunday, with sunshine predicted.
"After that risk of showers over the past couple of days, we're going to see some much simpler days in terms of weather for Brisbane and the Ekka," Mr Gilbert said.
"Brisbane is looking at a possible temperature of around 22 degrees today (Friday), with just a little bit of afternoon cloud around," Mr Gilbert said.
"Then as we go into Saturday and Sunday, we're going to see Saturday going for 25, which is sort of just above the August average and probably the warmest day of the coming week."
There will also be some westerly winds, but not too serious.
"They're not going to be super strong, but they are more reminiscent of the Ekka that we know and love, rather than the conditions that we've had so far this week."