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Queensland Solar Eclipse Weather Forecast 2012
Cloud over the North Tropical Coast of Queensland Australia
Cloud sometimes changes slowly and is farly predictable with a stable pattern. Howevr it can also be highly unpredictable and can change rapidly; it is all due to intricate and complex interactions of temperature, moisture, air uplifts, and local geographicaly and topography conditions.
Cairns region during November and the south easterly trade winds In the Cairns region during November the south easterly trade winds which blow onshore are common in November and often form conditions of partial cloud over the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean; the adjacent ranges are also affected by the same process.
It is unusual to have a clear sky in the morning, and it is more likely that some cloud will be prevalent. The eclipse occurs not long after sunrise and is therefore low in the sky making it all the more likely that the Sun will float in and out of cloud. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology statistics show that during the average November morning, cloud covers half of the sky.
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology map showing Australia’s November Daily sunshine.
Tropical Queensland and November mornings:
Cairns, November mornings; there is normally south easterly winds blowing on-shore forming cloud and on average about half the sky is covered
November the south easterly trade winds which blow onshore are common in November and often form conditions of partial cloud over the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean; the adjacent ranges are also affected by the same process. It is unusual to have a clear sky in the morning, and it is more likely that some cloud will be prevalent. The eclipse occurs not long after sunrise and is therefore low in the sky making it all the more likely that the Sun will float in and out of cloud. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology statistics show that during the average November morning, cloud covers half of the sky
Map credit: eclipser/Jay Anderson
Queensland Solar Eclipse Weather Forecast for 14 November 2012
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology - Official Weather News
Queensland Solar Eclipse Weather Predictions
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
Issued at 4:50 am EST on Tuesday 13 November 2012
Forecast for Wednesday morning 14 November 2012
Isolated showers on the coast and ranges. Fine well inland. Brief light shower on the the coast, ranges and southern Tablelands. Cloudy periods over the coast, ranges and southern Tablelands, tending to be overcast south of Cairns. Mostly sunny inland west of a line Mount Garnet - Mareeba - Cape Melville.
Cairns: Morning light shower. Minimum 22c Maximum 31c
Peninsula District
Forecast for Wednesday 14 November 2012
Isolated showers in the north and east. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere
Gulf Country District
Forecast for Wednesday 14 November 2012
Isolated showers and thunderstorms west of about Burketown. Commonwealth of Australia permission to reproduce weather forecast.
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