Wet weather forecast for Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald on Christmas, Boxing Day
Here’s a full weather wrap for Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald over the coming days.
Gladstone
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Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Central Queensland on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Below is the weather outlook for Gladstone, Rockhampton and Emerald over the coming days. How will you be spending the Christmas break? Let us know in the comments section below.
GLADSTONE
Christmas Eve
Minimum temperature: 23 degrees Maximum temperature: 32 degrees
Mostly sunny. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.
Christmas Day
Minimum temperature: 24 degrees Maximum temperature: 30 degrees
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening.
Boxing Day
Minimum temperature: 24 degrees Maximum temperature: 29 degrees
Cloudy. High chance of showers. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening.
Tide times
Friday, December 24: Low tide at 5.43am of 1.21m, high tide at 12.19pm of 3.76m, low tide at 6.45pm of 1.25m.
Saturday, December 25: High tide at 12.47am of 2.92m, low tide at 6.31am of 1.34m, High tide at 1.06pm of 3.66m and low tide at 7.35pm of 1.28m.
Sunday, December 26: High tide at 1.41am of 2.95m, low tide at 7.28am of 1.46m, high tide at 1.59pm of 3.55 and low tide at 8.31pm of 1.28m.
ROCKHAMPTON
Christmas Eve
Minimum temperature: 22 degrees Maximum temperature: 35 degrees
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening.
Christmas Day
Minimum temperature: 24 degrees Maximum temperature: 32 degrees
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds.
Boxing Day
Minimum temperature: 24 degrees Maximum temperature: 30 degrees
Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds.
EMERALD
Christmas Eve
Minimum temperature: 23 degrees Maximum temperature: 37 degrees
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.
Christmas Day
Minimum temperature: 23 Maximum temperature: 33 degrees
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending easterly during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.
Boxing Day
Minimum temperature: 22 degrees Maximum temperature: degrees
Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds.
From fellow reporter Lachlan Berlin and myself, Jacobbe McBride, The Observer would like to wish you a safe and happy Christmas.
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