{"id":68326,"date":"2026-08-09T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68326\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:05:11","slug":"gusty-winds-and-short-storms-for-south-east-queensland-ahead-of-ekka-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68326\/","title":{"rendered":"Gusty winds and short storms for South-East Queensland ahead of Ekka public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state’s south-east corner is in for strong winds and a possible “short burst” of rain this afternoon, as several regions enjoy their Royal Queensland Show public holiday.<\/p>\n

Harry Clark, senior meteorologist with the Bureau of Meteorology, said the “dynamic” day of weather was due to a vigorous trough moving across south-east and central Queensland.<\/p>\n

“That means fairly cloudy \u2026 and it’ll be one line of showers and thunderstorms that comes through,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’d probably pack a poncho if I was going to the Ekka.”<\/p>\n

Any rainfall associated with the storms is expected to be short and heavy, with “meagre” totals likely not exceeding 10mm, accompanied by strong winds.<\/p>\n

“They could impact Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, all the way up to around Gympie during the afternoon \u2026 Not expecting them to be severe, but certainly a bit gusty.”<\/p>\n

A marine wind warning is in place for Moreton Bay, Sunshine and Gold Coast waters today.<\/p>\n

While some local government areas<\/a> are enjoying an Ekka Show Day today, Brisbane city will observe its public holiday on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The capital will see maximum temperatures hovering around the mid-20s this week, with minimums dropping to 9-11 degrees.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Windy conditions are expected at the Ekka today, with a possible short burst of rainfall.\u00a0 (ABC News: Dean Caton)<\/p>\n

‘Dynamic’ week of weather<\/p>\n

Through north and western Queensland, conditions are expected to be relatively clear on Monday, with temperatures around two to five degrees above average for this time of year.<\/p>\n

“We will have minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens for places such as Mackay all the way up to Cairns and even inland,” Mr Grant said.<\/p>\n

“Some of the cooler spots like Clermont, which are normally down in the single digits at this time of year, will be at a minimum of around 11 degrees [today].”<\/p>\n

Many northern cities could expect maximum temperatures in the mid to late 20s.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Much of Queensland, including places like Yeppoon, will have clear skies on Tuesday.\u00a0 (ABC Capricornia: Vanessa Jarrett)<\/p>\n

But Tuesday should see a dip in temperatures.<\/p>\n

“Behind all this weather that we’re expecting on Monday, we will have clear skies, relatively dry air in place across southern and central Queensland,” Mr Grant said.<\/p>\n

Injune could drop to -1 degrees on Tuesday morning, with Stanthorpe getting down to 2- or 3-degree minimums.<\/p>\n

Another weak trough is expected to move across southern parts of the state on Wednesday, meaning a return to more cloud and isolated or scattered showers west of the range, before clearing again on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“It’s a bit of a parade of these troughs coming through from the west over the next few days \u2026 A little bit of weather associated with each one, but some cold and clear days in between them,” Mr Grant said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state’s south-east corner is in for strong winds and a possible “short burst” of rain this afternoon,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,89968,89970,4442,89971,338,19212,89972,89966,89967,9882,89969],"class_list":["post-68326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-is-it-going-to-rain-today","tag-isolated-showers","tag-rain","tag-rainy","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast","tag-weather-outlook","tag-what-is-the-weather-forecast","tag-what-will-the-weather-be-like-today","tag-wind","tag-windy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}