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BOM warns Queensland weather likely to get colder tomorrow as farmers deal with chilly winds

Michael Hayes from Balancing Heart Vineyard, south of Stanthorpe, says frost has covered his vines this morning. (Supplied: Michael Hayes)

The chilly weather continued throughout Queensland today, but the Bureau of Meteorology warns it's only going to get colder tomorrow.

Farmer Nell Elsom, who has about 100 sheep in Elbow Valley south of Warwick, said she was concerned about the cold weather with her "fresh day-old lambs".

"We love the cold weather, it is just not always kind to gardens and animals," Ms Elsom said.

"We just spend much more time out on the paddock observing and being with them and make sure we can catch any potentially cold babies."

Farmer Nell Elsom brought one of her lambs inside by the fire to escape the winter weather at Elbow Valley south of Warwick. (Supplied: Nell Elsom)

Ms Elsom's newborn lambs sought refuge from the cold in her kitchen.

Warwick dropped to 3.9 degrees on Thursday morning.

On Wednesday, the weather bureau warned sheep graziers in the Darling Downs region about the risk of livestock losses due to cold weather and wind exposure.

"The winds were really harsh yesterday," Ms Elsom said.

"You want to do everything you can to protect your babies and your whole flock," she said.

Granite Belt Winemaker Mike Hayes said his vineyard looked like "white Christmas" on Thursday morning.

"It is in patches because of the overcast cloud came in last night due to the full moon," he said.

"But whereas it is white, it is incredibly white.

"It is the white Christmas in July, on the Granite Belt," Mr Hayes said.

Mt Garnet, west of Ravenshoe, was hit by frost this morning.

He said was wearing three layers of clothing to avoid the cold, but his grapevines were loving the icy weather.

"The grapevines actually look forward to the cold weather every year," he said.

"They are deciduous crops, so they rely on four seasons.

"It doesn't worry the grapevines, but it worries the humans greatly," Mr Hayes said.

Mandy Tennent said it dropped to 4.3 degrees at her property at Eungella. (Supplied: Cloudbreak Lowlines Cattle & Eungella Beef)

Eungella near Mackay also had some frost on Thursday morning.

Mandy Tennent said it dropped to 4.3 degrees at her property but the "wind chill factor" made it feel worse.

She said previous heavy frosts this season had damaged the grass.

"We had a lot of grass due to the wonderful late rains, but it is all standing hay now," she said.

"Low nutritional value for the cattle, but better than nothing, and it protects the grass below, so it will shoot back better."

Chance of widespread frost on Friday

Weather bureau forecaster Steven Hadley said the cold weather was set to continue tomorrow across the state, with the chance of widespread frost.

"Tomorrow, we have got a really cold air mass over much of the state," he said.

"We could see some widespread frost again, particularly over inland parts through the central to southern interior."

Mr Hadley said the coldest places in south east Queensland tomorrow were likely to be Boonah, Beaudesert or Ipswich.

"Seeing around 5 degrees there in the south-east coast," he said,

But Mr Hadley said further inland would be colder tomorrow.

"Some of the higher places in the Granite Belt like Stanford could see minus two tomorrow morning," he said.

Mr Hadley said the widespread frost could extend as far north as the Atherton tablelands in far north Queensland.

"Atherton tomorrow morning, we are expecting a low of seven but in outlying districts around the south and west can be a few degrees colder than that," he said.

" So potentially some frost in the southern Tablelands."

Southern parts of Queensland saw single figures this morning and were "just hovering around that freezing point in the air".

Temperatures around Beaudesert dropped down to 2.2 degrees overnight, but Biloela and Charleville were the coldest places in Queensland today, reaching below zero.

Mr Hadley said Saturday night would be "probably the coldest night of the sequence"

"That's where you have probably got though the greatest risk of some ground frost turning up in south-west Brisbane, definitely more around Ipswich," he said.

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