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This page provides the latest weather warnings, as well as links to various emergency services, first aid tips and community safety links.

If you have endured an emergency situation, you may find these Recovery Resources particulary useful

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Emergency Survival Kit Ideally, prepare your kit with all the following items, or at least make a list so you will know where to find them quickly in your home.
  • Battery-operated radio (with spare batteries)
  • Torch (with spare batteries), candles and waterproof matches
  • Strong shoes, leather gloves, hat, goggles and overalls
  • First aid kit and manual, and combination pocket knife
  • Medications, toiletry and sanitary supplies and a change of clothes
  • Special needs for infants, the aged and people with disabilities
  • Water in sealed containers - ten litres per person (for three days)
  • Three days supply of canned food (plus can opener and utensils)
  • Pet food, water and other animal needs
  • Portable stove with fuel
  • Tent or tarpaulin, and blankets (woollen and thermal)
  • Money, including change for phone calls
  • Strong plastic bags (for clothing, valuables, documents, and photographs)

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Warnings

There are no current warnings

Local Weather

Satellite picture
QLD Tue 5:00 am EST

Cloud is forming over northern QLD in a lingering trough, causing showers and storms, sometimes heavy. Patchier cloud over the remaining tropical east in moderate instability is only causing the odd shower near the ranges. Mostly cloud-free in the south and west in dry air.



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Queensland Four Day Outlook
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  Isolated showers on the coast.
Showers and storms in the northern tropics.
  
  Mostly sunny. Chance storms in the north.
Warm inland. Sea breezes along the coast.
  
  Mostly sunny. Hot in the west.
Chance isolated showers/storms in southeast.
  
  Chance of isolated storms inland.
Mostly sunny in the east.
  

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Coastal Waters

Capricornia NE winds at 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  
Central Coast NE winds at 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  
Fraser Is Waters NE/N winds 10/15 knots, lighter winds inshore early.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  
Great Barrier Reef NE winds 10/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  
Hervey Bay NE/N winds at 5/10 knots increasing to 10/15 knots by late morning.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  
Keppel Bay Thursday: SW to SE winds 10/15 knots increasing to 20/30 knots on Friday mainly in outer waters.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  
Moreton Bay NW/N winds at 10/15 knots tending NE/N by late morning and reaching 15/20 knots at times in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  
North Tropical Waters SE/NE winds at 10/15 knots. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  
Northeast Gulf N/NW winds at 5/10 knots with inshore afternoon seabreezes at 10/15 knots. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 0.7 m  
Peninsula Waters W'ly winds at 5/10 knots in Torres Strait. E/SE winds at 5/10 knots over the remainder with inshore afternoon NE seabreezes at 10/15 knots. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 0.6 m  
Southeast Coast NW/N winds at 10/15 N/NE by late morning and reaching 15/20 knots at times during the afternoon. Lighter winds inshore early.  Sea: Up to 1.6 m  
Southeast Gulf NE/N winds at 10/15 knots with inshore afternoon W'ly seabreezes. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  
Tropical Waters SE/NE winds at 10/15 knots with inshore afternoon seabreezes at 15/20 knots. Isolated showers.  Sea: Up to 1.2 m  

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Weather details

Yesterday's Temperature & Rainfall
Minimum: Stanthorpe, QLD 10.4°C
Maximum: Normanton Ap, QLD 29.3°C

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Unless otherwise noted, the weather information on this page is supplied by The Weather Company

 

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Major Centres
Issued 02/12/2008 at 07:42AEDT
 
Brisbane 19 - 30
Sunny Sunny
Bundaberg 21 - 31
Sunny Sunny
Cairns 25 - 32
Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm
Gold Coast 19 - 28
Cloud increasing Cloud increasing
Longreach 18 - 39
Sunny Sunny
Mackay 23 - 32
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
Mt Isa 20 - 39
Sunny Sunny
Rockhampton 21 - 34
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
Sunshine Coast 20 - 29
Sunny Sunny
Toowoomba 13 - 28
Cloud increasing Cloud increasing
Townsville 25 - 32
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
Sunrise and sunset
Location02/12/2008
Ayr Sunrise 05:23
Sunset 18:37
Biloela Sunrise 05:01
Sunset 18:34
Birdsville Sunrise 05:43
Sunset 19:22
Boulia Sunrise 05:47
Sunset 19:13
Bowen Sunrise 05:19
Sunset 18:35
Brisbane Ap Sunrise 04:45
Sunset 18:30
Bundaberg Sunrise 04:53
Sunset 18:28
Burketown Sunrise 05:58
Sunset 19:05
Cairns Sunrise 05:34
Sunset 18:39
Charleville Sunrise 05:14
Sunset 18:55
Charters Towers Sunrise 05:27
Sunset 18:42
Clermont Sunrise 05:16
Sunset 18:42
Collinsville Sunrise 05:19
Sunset 18:37
Cooktown Sunrise 05:39
Sunset 18:38
Coolangatta Sunrise 04:41
Sunset 18:30
Dalby Sunrise 04:52
Sunset 18:37
Emerald Sunrise 05:12
Sunset 18:42
Gayndah Sunrise 04:54
Sunset 18:32
Gladstone Sunrise 04:59
Sunset 18:30
Gold Coast Sunrise 04:42
Sunset 18:30
Goondiwindi Sunrise 04:53
Sunset 18:43
Gympie Sunrise 04:49
Sunset 18:29
Hervey Bay Sunrise 04:50
Sunset 18:26
Horn Island Sunrise 05:59
Sunset 18:42
Ingham Sunrise 05:30
Sunset 18:40
Innisfail Sunrise 05:32
Sunset 18:39
Ipswich Sunrise 04:46
Sunset 18:32
Kingaroy Sunrise 04:51
Sunset 18:33
Longreach Sunrise 05:28
Sunset 18:57
Mackay Sunrise 05:13
Sunset 18:33
Mareeba Sunrise 05:35
Sunset 18:40
Maryborough Sunrise 04:50
Sunset 18:28
Miles Sunrise 04:58
Sunset 18:40
Monto Sunrise 04:58
Sunset 18:33
Moranbah Sunrise 05:16
Sunset 18:39
Mt Isa Sunrise 05:53
Sunset 19:11
Proserpine Sunrise 05:17
Sunset 18:34
Redcliffe Sunrise 04:45
Sunset 18:30
Richmond Sunrise 05:38
Sunset 18:56
Richmond Sunrise 05:38
Sunset 18:56
Rockhampton Sunrise 05:03
Sunset 18:32
Roma Sunrise 05:04
Sunset 18:45
St George Sunrise 05:01
Sunset 18:49
St Lawrence Sunrise 05:09
Sunset 18:34
Stanthorpe Sunrise 04:47
Sunset 18:37
Sunshine Coast Sunrise 04:47
Sunset 18:28
Thargomindah Sunrise 05:20
Sunset 19:08
Toowoomba Sunrise 04:49
Sunset 18:35
Townsville Sunrise 05:26
Sunset 18:39
Warwick Sunrise 04:47
Sunset 18:36
Weipa Sunrise 05:57
Sunset 18:47
Windorah Sunrise 05:30
Sunset 19:08
Winton Sunrise 05:35
Sunset 19:00
Yeppoon Sunrise 05:03
Sunset 18:31

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