Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the far north, possibly with heavy falls. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures in the mid to high 20s. Cloudy.

A trough extends offshore over northern waters towards the Whitsundays, with an embedded tropical low east of Cairns. A high [1018 hPa] near New Zealand is maintaining a ridge over the remaining ...