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QLD Fire Weather Warning


QLD Fire Weather Warning
Source: Bureau of Meteorology

for the Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego, Central West, North West, Darling
Downs and Granite Belt, Southeast Coast districts and parts of the Northern
Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia and
Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Issued at 3:16pm EST on Monday the 3rd of December 2012
for the remainder of Today and Tuesday.

Hot to very hot, dry and gusty south to southwest winds are expected to cause
the following conditions for the remainder of today:

Severe Fire Danger south and west of a line Mt Isa to Winton to Roma to
Goondiwindi. Temperatures up to 45 degrees, relative humidity down to 5% and
winds to 40 km/hr are expected. Locations likely to be affected include
Birdsville, Thargomindah, Windorah, Quilpie, Boulia, Longreach, Winton,
Cunnamulla, Charleville, Roma and St George.

Hot, dry and gusty south to southwest winds southwest of a line from Camooweal
to Richmond to Moranbah to Goondiwindi are expected to cause the following
conditions on Tuesday:

Severe Fire Danger. Temperatures up to 43 degrees, relative humidity down to 5%
and winds to 40 km/hr are expected. Locations likely to be affected include
Mount Isa, Winton, Longreach, Richmond, Birdsville, Thargomindah, Windorah,
Quilpie, Boulia, Cunnamulla, Charleville, Roma, St George and Goondiwindi.

Hot to very hot, dry and gusty northwest to southwest winds are expected to
cause the following conditions on Tuesday:

Extreme Fire Danger over inland areas southeast of Texas to Chinchilla to
Nambour.
Temperatures up to 41 degrees, relative humidity down to 10% and winds to 45
km/hr are expected. Locations likely to be affected include Stanthorpe,
Toowoomba, Dalby, Ipswich, Kilcoy, Boonah and Beaudesert.

Severe Fire Danger elsewhere south and east of a line from Goondiwindi to
Moranbah to Biloela to Noosa Heads. Temperatures up to 39 degrees, relative
humidity down to 10% and winds to 40 km/hr are expected. Locations likely to be
affected include Emerald, Biloela, Gayndah, Kingaroy, Gympie, Brisbane, the
Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.

For more information on Fire Bans and how to Prepare. Act. Survive. Visit the
Rural Fire Service web page at http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au or call the
Hotline on 1800 020 440.
For the latest weather information, listen to your local radio station or visit
the Bureau of Meteorology web page at http://www.bom.gov.au or call 1300-659-219
for recorded Land and Weather Warnings.

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