Parts of the Maranoa and Warrego districts were lucky enough to be under a shower or two on Thursday afternoon, but any hopes of a follow-up fall look unlikely with the rain system clearing to the east over the coming days.
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded 25 millimetres in the St George, with Hebel in the Balonne shire receiving 12mm, while a storm that blew through Roma late Thursday afternoon saw a fall of 13mm and wind speeds up to 72km/h.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster, Harry Clark, said heading into the weekend there was potential for further shower and storm activity in places like Roma, Surat, St George, and possibly even Injune.
“It’s going to be really isolated, but it has mostly moved into the Darling Downs and Granite belt now,” he said.
“I wouldn’t expect too much more unfortunately, and as we go further into the weekend that will contract further east, so there’s only a very slight chance of a shower or potentially a thunderstorm tomorrow in the very far east of the Maranoa and Warrego.
“By the time we get to Sunday, it’s basically cleared.”
As the system continues to move east over the weekend, Mr Clark said the Darling Downs and Granite Belt could expect more falls.
“In terms of totals today, it will be the eastern areas that do better, like Dalby, Inglewood, Stanthorpe, Warwick, and Toowoomba,” he said.
“Anywhere from 10 to 20mm isn’t out of the question and there will be isolated totals, particularly with thunderstorm activity, and also some heavier showers roll through today.
“Going into tomorrow, most of it will contract to the east, but there will still be some rainfall, mostly in the far eastern parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt tomorrow morning, and potentially some shower and thunderstorm activity redeveloping in the afternoon, but the main part of rainfall is likely to be today.”
In the 24 hours to 9am, areas in the Darling Downs and closer to the border have seen some heavier falls, with Elbow Valley south of Warwick recording 26mm and Stanthorpe seeing 25mm in the rain gauge.
Despite no chance of a followup in this rain system for areas like Roma and St George, Mr Clark said there was some suggestion of further instability in parts of south-west Queensland from Tuesday.
“As we get towards the middle of next week, it may start pushing east, so it’s not a completely dry outlook, it’s more of a watch and wait at this point,” he said.