Flood watch issued for Ingham: BOM forecasts 100mm+ of rain
With up to 135mm of rain forecast to fall over parts of North Queensland at the weekend, the Bureau of Meteorology has placed the town under a flood watch.
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With up to 135mm of rain forecast to fall over Ingham at the weekend, the Bureau of Meteorology has placed the town under a flood watch.
The bureau warned showers would progressively get heavier from today, with heavy rainfall likely from the early hours of Sunday through to Monday as a trough moves onshore.
With catchments relatively wet from rainfall earlier this month, they will be more responsive to heavy falls and could flood from Sunday.
Localised flooding could disrupt roads.
âš ï¸ #Flood Watch issued for the North Tropical Coast from #Cooktown to #Ingham. Heavy rainfall is expected across the Flood Watch area from early Sunday to Monday. Stay up to date with the latest #QldWeather warnings: https://t.co/ckmogr8IfS pic.twitter.com/sGNvor0TUD
— Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) March 20, 2020
The Herbert River catchment along with others to the north, including:
Endeavour River, Daintree River (including the Bloomfield River), Mossman River, Barron River, Mulgrave and Russell Rivers, Johnstone River, Tully River and Murray River have all been placed under an initial flood watch.
The weather bureau has forecast falls of up to 35mm of rain in Ingham on Saturday and up to 100mm on Sunday.
Smaller falls are expected in Townsville. On Saturday there is a medium chance of up to 8mm of rain while on Sunday there is an 80 per cent chance of falls of up to 35mm.
Charters Towers could get up to 15mm of rain on Sunday while Ayr is expected to get up to 10mm.
Ingham 6 day forecast:
Saturday: 21C/31C. 60 per cent chance of rain of up to 15 to 35mm.
Sunday: 23C/28C. 90 per cent chance of rain up to 60 to 100mm.
Monday: 22C/30C. Medium chance of showers.
Tuesday: 23C/31C. 70 per cent chance of shower.
Wednesday: 23C/31. 50 per cent chance of shower.
Thursday: 23C/31C. Possible shower.
Townsville 6 day forecast:
Saturday: 21C/31C. Possible shower.
Sunday: 24C/28C. High chance of showers up to 30mm.
Monday: 23C/30C. Shower or two.
Tuesday: 24C/31C. Possible shower.
Wednesday: 23C/31C. Possible shower.
Thursday: 23C/30C. Partly cloudy.
Charters Towers 6 day forecast:
Saturday: 17C/33C. Mostly sunny.
Sunday: 21C/28C. Possible shower.
Monday: 20C/31C. Partly cloudy.
Tuesday: 20C/33C. Partly cloudy.
Wednesday: 19C/32C. Partly cloudy.
Thursday: 19C/33C. Partly cloudy.
Ayr 6 day forecast:
Saturday: 20C/31. Partly cloudy.
Sunday: 23C/29C. Shower or two.
Monday: 22C/30C. Possible shower.
Tuesday: 23C/31. Partly cloudy.
Wednesday: 23C/31C. Partly cloudy.
Thursday: 22C/31C. Partly cloudy.
Originally published as Flood watch issued for Ingham: BOM forecasts 100mm+ of rain
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