Cloud band could deliver record-breaking cold weather to NQ
It is time to wrap up North Queensland. It is about to get very cold and some records may tumble.
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It is time to wrap up North Queensland. It is about to get very cold and some records may tumble.
A cloud band is set to hinder the sun’s warmth and could have parts of North Queensland’s inland regions shivering through temperatures more than 10C below the May average.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Alex Majchrowski said minimum temperatures in Richmond could fall 14C below average, while Hughenden’s minimums could be 13C below average at the weekend.
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“We may see some records being broken with that cloud band developing,” he said.
“Temperatures around the coast, like Townsville, will be up to 5C below average.”
On Saturday the temperature in Richmond is set to drop down to 10C and 8C on Sunday, while Hughenden will drop to a low of 9C on Sunday.
In Townsville, minimum temperatures will steadily decrease as the week goes on and drop to a low of 15C on Sunday with showers forecast everyday.
Mr Majchrowski said south-easterly winds would bring in the chance of showers for the rest of the week before an upper trough forms a cloud band at the weekend, bringing with it the chance of heavy rainfalls.
“Over the next two days it should remain pretty cloudy,” he said.
“(Then a) thick cloud band will develop over North Queensland, so we should see some fairly significant falls of between 20-50mm on Saturday and it should start to move offshore by Sunday.”
Mr Majchrowski said a wind warning would be issued for Townsville tomorrow.
He said the cloud band would deliver heavier rainfalls from the Northern Territory to Western Australia.
Originally published as Cloud band could deliver record-breaking cold weather to NQ