IDQ10230 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Updated Darling Downs and Granite Belt District Forecast Issued at 11:40 am EST on Thursday 17 October 2024 for the period until midnight EST Sunday 20 October 2024. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A high pressure ridge lies across much of the state, extending from a high pressure system in the Tasman Sea. The ridge will persist for the next few days. A weak trough lies across the southeastern interior of Queensland. The trough will weaken today. A deeper trough may move east across western and interior Queensland from Friday, reaching southeastern and central Queensland over the weekend. This trough is likely to drive shower and thunderstorm activity as it moves eastwards. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower over the Granite Belt in the late morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 to 34. Dalby Sunny. Max 31 Goondiwindi Sunny. Max 32 Stanthorpe Partly cloudy. Max 25 Toowoomba Partly cloudy. Max 27 Warwick Partly cloudy. Max 29 Fire Danger: Moderate Sun protection 7:50am to 3:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 36. Dalby Sunny morning. Shower or two. Min 15 Max 34 Goondiwindi Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 17 Max 35 Stanthorpe Shower or two. Min 10 Max 27 Toowoomba Late shower or two. Min 15 Max 29 Warwick Shower or two developing. Min 12 Max 31 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the day then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Dalby Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 34 Goondiwindi Sunny. Min 19 Max 33 Stanthorpe Possible shower. Min 13 Max 27 Toowoomba Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 30 Warwick Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 31 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower over the Granite Belt, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. Dalby Sunny. Min 13 Max 32 Goondiwindi Sunny. Min 13 Max 30 Stanthorpe Mostly sunny. Min 8 Max 26 Toowoomba Sunny. Min 15 Max 28 Warwick Sunny. Min 11 Max 29 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EST Thursday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).