Qld weather: State’s southeast shivers as bitter cold snap continues
Queensland temperatures have again plunged below zero as the bitter cold snap hitting the state’s southeast continues, with one place copping conditions that “feel like” -3.7C overnight, but the worst is still to come.
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Queensland temperatures have again plunged below zero as the bitter cold snap hitting the state’s southeast continues, with the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region copping the worst of it, and there’s even worse still to come.
The mercury at Wellcamp Airport dipped to a chilly -1.5C overnight, but with other factors such as wind and humidity taken into account, it actually felt like -3.7C for locals.
Toowoomba itself didn’t fare too much better, hitting 0.2C but feeling like -3.8C.
Further west, Dalby, Roma and Charleville all recorded apparent temperatures below zero.
Brisbane also felt the chill this morning, with temperatures at the dipping to 6.8C, with an apparent temperature of 3.1C, while Beaudesert hit 1.5C, with an apparent temperature of -1.1C
BOM meteorologist Brooke Pagele said the current cold snap is likely to worsen over the course of the weekend into early next week as a “blocking high” distorts the weather system.
Ms Pagele said most of the southeast will drop to a minimum temperature of between 2C and 7C on Sunday while Beaudesert in the scenic rim will drop to just 1C.
“It is a pretty cold start to winter – there is a high pressure system at the moment called a blocked high sticking around over central Australia.”
Ms Pagele said this blocking high has remained “stagnant” for last week and essentially “blocks” any other pressure system.
“Basically it has stayed in the same position for the last week or two which is why these colder temperatures have stuck around and are likely to do so for another week.”
“With La Nina though, even though it is weakening we are looking at above average minimum temperatures for winter.
“But we have just had a really cold start because of this synoptic system and the way it has kind of played it – it has got a really cool, dry air mass.”