Qld weather: Polar blast brings below-zero temperatures

Freezing winds have again pushed apparent temperatures well below southern Queensland, with a warning that there’s more cold starts to come.

Freezing weather continues across much of southern Queensland.

Regional Queensland woke up to a frosty start with below-zero temps recorded across many towns as a cold air mass lingers above the state.

The cold fronts from the Antarctic continued to move across Queensland on Wednesday, resulting in a chilly start to the day for residents across the state.

Just before the sun rose in the central west Blackall was -2.4C, with an apparent temperature of -6.2C, while Winton was 0.8C with a feels-like temperature of -3.2C.

Roma was -2.6C with an apparent temperature of -5.8C, while Charleville was -0.5C, with a feels-like temperature of -4C.

On the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Oakey was -2.8C, with an apparent temperature of -4.6C, while nearby Wellcamp Airport was -2.7C with a feels-like temperature of -5.7C.

Miles was also chilly with -2C, despite feeling like -4.3C, while it was slightly warmer at Dalby which was -1.7C, despite feeling like -4.7C.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Daniel Hayes said the sub-zero temperatures combined with the breezy winds have made for a cold start to the day in Queensland.

“So it definitely feels very cool in quite a few places, a number of other spots, up through inland parts, right up into the central areas of the state have gone sub zero,” he said.

“A lot of those areas with apparent temperatures because of the breeze, if you’re out and about, it feels like -4C to -6C, if you happen to be outside in the cool weather.

“It is definitely cold enough to be quite frosty right up into the central parts of the state as well.”

Mr Hayes added that the cold weather is going to continue for several mornings to come.

“The high pressure system and the low that’s down in the Tasman are interacting to pull up some quite cold air from well down to the south of the country, across those southern states and into Queensland,” he said.

“This pattern is going to remain with us for quite some time and there will be some cold mornings still to come.”

In the southeast, Brisbane was 11.1C, despite feeling like 8.2C, while Amberley west of Ipswich was 7.8C, while feeling like 2.5C.

The Sunshine Coast had a chilly start to the day, waking up to 6.3C and an apparent temperature of 1.9C, while the Gold Coast was warmer with 11.7C, despite feeling like 6.8C.

Originally published as Qld weather: Polar blast brings below-zero temperatures