South-easterly winds will bring scattered showers to much of Queensland’s east coast this week, leaving inland parts of the state dry.

Meanwhile, forecasters are keeping watch as a tropical cyclone in the Solomon Sea intensifies. 

Senior meteorologist Baden Gilbert from the Bureau of Meteorology said the mild rain set to fall along eastern coastal towns would dissipate by midweek.

“[The winds will be] a bit fresh out there for the rest of Easter; we’ll see showers clear from about Tuesday,” he said.

“In the short term on the coast, it will be quite windy; we do have strong wind warnings from the Gold Coast north to Cooktown before largely easing back … around Wednesday.”

Holiday-makers and those enjoying the fortnight break from school will get a chance to soak up warmer weather, with temperatures slightly above the April average.

“It’s looking like a mild set-up really, especially for southern Queensland,” Mr Gilbert said.

FNQ keeps watch on TC Maila

Further north, forecasters are keeping an eye on the movement of Tropical Cyclone Maila, which was declared outside of Australian waters over the weekend.

BOM forecast track map of Tropical Cyclone Maila

Tropical Cyclone Maila remains in the Solomon Sea, with its exact track forward not yet clear. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)

It comes less than three weeks after Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the Far North Queensland coast as a category four system, before wreaking havoc in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Tropical Cyclone Malia has now strengthened to a category three system and is moving slowly, sitting between sitting between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 

Mr Gilbert said the path remained uncertain. 

“We’re still a number of days from any potential impacts if the system does move towards Queensland; we’re watching model developments closely,” he said.

How Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle became a historic storm

From the very first news reports about Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle, it was clear this wasn’t just another storm.

It is late in the season to see another cyclone developing, but it may not be the last to threaten to cross Queensland.

“April is tied with December in terms of common months to see cyclones in the Coral Sea, so it’s not unheard of,” Mr Gilbert said.

“The last time we had a cyclone cross the Queensland coast in April was Ita in 2014 … it’s not every season, but it does happen.”