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Heat, fire, severe storms in Queensland

Ben Domensino, Thursday November 24, 2016 - 16:31 AEDT

A burst of late-spring heat that is fuelling fires across Queensland today will also help trigger severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

A trough of low pressure moving across central and southeastern Queensland was the focus of todayâ??s hot weather, funnelling air from the interior towards the coast.

It was the hottest November day in 26 years in Gladstone (37.4C) and 12 years for Brisbane Airport (33.6C), while Gympie (39.4C) sweated through its hottest day in two years. Maroochydore (35.4C) and Gatton (37.9C) both had their hottest day in nine months.

The heat helped cause severe fire danger ratings forcing water bombing aircraft to battle vegetation fires near Ipswich and Brisbane. Further north, crews worked hard to contain a blaze near Rockhampton.

Temperatures along the southeast coast peaked early today before a weak southeasterly change swept through the region. Temperatures near the coast were more than 10 degrees cooler than those 80 kilometres inland during the afternoon.

Tomorrow will be cooler across all of the southeast as the trough shifts north, although central and northern districts will still be feeling the heat.

The trough will also interact with more moisture in the atmosphere, resulting in thunderstorms over northern and central districts. Severe storms are a good chance about parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett, Capricornia and Central Highlands and Coalfields districts.

- Weatherzone

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