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Friday Mostly sunny. Winds S/SE 15 to 20 km/h turning E/NE 25 to 35 km/h before dawn then becoming E 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day.

Saturday Mostly sunny. Winds E 15 to 25 km/h tending NE 20 to 30 km/h before dawn then tending NE/SE in the morning.

Sunday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower S of Longreach in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds NE 15 to 20 km/h tending E/NE 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Monday Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the SW in the afternoon and evening. Winds NE 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then tending E/NE 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Issued Thu 12:55 EST

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station		min	max	chance of rain	rain amount	frost risk	9am		3pm
		min	max				wind	rh	wind	rh
		°C	°C				km/h	%	km/h	%
Barcaldine	Mostly sunny	19	33	5%	< 1mm	Nil	-	-	-	-
Blackall	Mostly sunny	18	33	5%	< 1mm	Nil	NE 27	40	NE 13	20
Isisford	Mostly sunny	21	32	10%	< 1mm	Nil	-	-	-	-
Longreach	Mostly sunny	20	35	20%	< 1mm	Nil	ENE 33	40	ENE 19	19
Tambo	Late shower	18	29	50%	1-5mm	Nil	-	-	-	-
Winton	Sunny	19	36	10%	< 1mm	Nil	ENE 27	40	ESE 15	17

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