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Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely this morning. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending southeasterly in the late evening.

A high [1019 hPa] near New Zealand maintains a ridge over southern Queensland waters. The ridge will persist for several days, strengthening a little into the weekend as a new high moves east into the ...