today’s weather

Cairns

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. Light winds becoming southeasterly 20 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening.

Queensland

A slight to medium chance of showers about much of the east coast and adjacent inland areas, more frequent about the northeast tropical coast. Fine and mostly sunny over the interior. Minimum temperatures will remain several degrees above average. Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds. Tomorrow. The high pressure system in the Tasman Sea will continue to extend a ridge along the east coast of Queensland. A slight to medium chance of showers will continue about much of the east coast and adjacent inland areas, more frequent about the northeast tropical coast. Minimum temperatures will remain several degrees above average.

North Tropical Coast & Tablelands

Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the south in the early morning. Medium (60%) chance of showers near the coast, slight (30%) chance elsewhere. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Tomorrow. Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers near the coast, medium (40%) chance inland. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Sunday. Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening.

Peninsula

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower near the east coast. Winds east to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h. Tomorrow. Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the east in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming easterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming east to southeasterly and light in the evening.

On the water: Cape Tribulation to Cardwell

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Cairns in the afternoon and evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres south of Innisfail. Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening. Weather: Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. Saturday. Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, tending south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots inshore. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning. Weather: Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.