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ABC News
03-08-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
More chilly mornings and clear skies forecast for Queensland
Queenslanders can expect cool, dry conditions in the coming days before minimum temperatures return closer to average later this week. The Bureau of Meteorology said a low-pressure system, which saw flurries of light snow fall on the Granite Belt at the weekend, was making its way out to sea. Senior forecaster Baden Gilbert said the low dragged a lot of cold, dry air across much of the state, and there were still a few more cold mornings ahead. "We are still seeing below average minimum temperatures for everywhere apart from the south-east and parts of the Darling Downs … before we finally get back towards average on Thursday morning. "Those maximum temperatures have largely bounced back. "We could still see it being a little bit cooler than average about the north-west for Monday, but beyond that we are going to be near or even slightly above average temperatures until the end of the week." The weather bureau said it would be mostly dry across the state. "Showers have pretty much gone, there's no real shower risk at all for Queensland this week until around Thursday when we start to see those light showers returning to the eastern coast," Mr Gilbert said. "We may also get a bit of an upper trough moving through the south of the state on Friday, which could extend the shower risk a bit more inland. "But for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, there's really only going to be some fog about in the morning and risk of frost." Hazardous to possibly damaging surf conditions on the south-east coast are expected to ease later today. A warning is in place for Sunshine and Gold Coast waters this morning. Gold Coast lifeguard Luke Ingwersen said beachgoers needed to be cautious and heed warnings. "No flag, no swim. For the board riders, don't be tempted to go into those large powerful waves if it's above your skill level," he said. "We're lucky it's not a summer's day where hundreds of people want to go for a swim.
Sydney Morning Herald
03-08-2025
- Climate
- Sydney Morning Herald
Snow falls at Qld's Granite Belt for the first time in 10 years
Granite Belt locals and keen snow chasers have had their hopes of a white weekend rewarded after snow fell in the region on Saturday afternoon – the first in a decade. Speculation that conditions were primed for snow in the region, about 2½ hours south-west of Brisbane, began during the week. 'I'm a local – lived here my whole life – and every 10 years or so, we get a dump. And we are due for that dump,' Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, from Ballandean Estate Wines, said on Tuesday. By Saturday afternoon, the intuition of long-time residents and businesses based in Stanthorpe and surrounding localities paid off, with many posting pictures and videos on social media of snow falling. 'It's now snowing around Stanthorpe!!' Stanthorpe Holiday Park posted on Facebook. 'We have sleet at the park and snow is falling 10 min away at the higher peaks!' Loading Holiday cabin and outdoor spa Orchard Hytte, located in Pozieres, posted footage of a flurry of snow falling near their site. Senior meteorologist Baden Gilbert said the region was lucky to see any snow, with conditions only coming together in the afternoon. 'During Saturday, we did have a pool of cold air sitting over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, as well as much of north-eastern New South Wales,' he said.
The Age
03-08-2025
- Climate
- The Age
Snow falls at Qld's Granite Belt for the first time in 10 years
Granite Belt locals and keen snow chasers have had their hopes of a white weekend rewarded after snow fell in the region on Saturday afternoon – the first in a decade. Speculation that conditions were primed for snow in the region, about 2½ hours south-west of Brisbane, began during the week. 'I'm a local – lived here my whole life – and every 10 years or so, we get a dump. And we are due for that dump,' Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, from Ballandean Estate Wines, said on Tuesday. By Saturday afternoon, the intuition of long-time residents and businesses based in Stanthorpe and surrounding localities paid off, with many posting pictures and videos on social media of snow falling. 'It's now snowing around Stanthorpe!!' Stanthorpe Holiday Park posted on Facebook. 'We have sleet at the park and snow is falling 10 min away at the higher peaks!' Loading Holiday cabin and outdoor spa Orchard Hytte, located in Pozieres, posted footage of a flurry of snow falling near their site. Senior meteorologist Baden Gilbert said the region was lucky to see any snow, with conditions only coming together in the afternoon. 'During Saturday, we did have a pool of cold air sitting over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, as well as much of north-eastern New South Wales,' he said.
ABC News
22-06-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Rain, cold snap forecast for parts of Queensland before school holidays
South-east Queensland residents can expect a reprieve from the wet and wintry weather later this week before conditions pick up again ahead of the official start of the school holidays. Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior forecaster Baden Gilbert said showers were forecast to continue in the eastern parts of the state before easing on Wednesday. "As we go into Tuesday, we're going to see a trough crossing the southern interior, which is going to lead to showers about that part of the state," Mr Gilbert said. "But by the time we get into Wednesday, that trough will move offshore and bring some drier air for much of southern and central Queensland." He said the weather system was then expected to do a U-turn and bring more rain. In Far North Queensland, the unseasonal rain is forecast to continue throughout the week. "We're just going to see those showers sort of more persist, maybe easing back a little bit in the middle of the week and then perhaps pick up a little bit more as we go into the end of the week and into next weekend," he said. Despite the wet weather, Mr Gilbert said overall rainfall totals would not be significant as the weather system was expected to pass quickly. "Rainfall totals through the southern interior parts of central Queensland aren't likely to be too big because this trough is going to be moving quite quickly … and in terms of northern Queensland, nothing too big either." Cooler temperatures across the state are also expected to return in the coming days. "In terms of those minimum temperatures, we are going to see them pretty warm for the first half of the week," Mr Gilbert said. He said temperatures could drop below 5 degrees Celsius in Roma, Charleville, Dalby and Toowoomba on Wednesday before falling even further to below zero on Friday. "Looks like the coldest morning at the moment is going to be Friday morning, but it's not going to be as big or as broad as it was at the start of June," he said. "We do get these cold snaps from time to time and our long-range forecast is showing that across winter as a whole we're still projecting towards above average minimum and maximum temperatures."
