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<\/p>\nSouth-easterly winds will bring scattered showers to much of Queensland’s east coast this week, leaving inland parts of the state dry.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, forecasters are keeping watch as a tropical cyclone in the Solomon Sea intensifies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Senior meteorologist Baden Gilbert from the Bureau of Meteorology said the mild rain set to fall along eastern coastal towns would dissipate by midweek.<\/p>\n
“[The winds will be] a bit fresh out there for the rest of Easter; we’ll see showers clear from about Tuesday,” he said.<\/p>\n
“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 \u2026 around Wednesday.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“It’s looking like a mild set-up really, especially for southern Queensland,” Mr Gilbert said.<\/p>\n
FNQ keeps watch on TC Maila<\/p>\n
Further north, forecasters are keeping an eye on the movement of Tropical Cyclone Maila, which was declared outside of Australian waters over the weekend.<\/p>\n
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Tropical Cyclone Maila remains in the Solomon Sea, with its exact track forward not yet clear. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)<\/p>\n
It comes less than three weeks after Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the Far North Queensland coast<\/a> as a category four system, before wreaking havoc in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mr Gilbert said the path remained uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n