Queensland weather: Queen’s Birthday public holiday to be a wash out

IF you were putting off the trip to the beach until tomorrow, think again. The weather is set to turn a little dreary.

IF you were putting off the trip to the beach until tomorrow, think again. The weather is set to turn a little dreary.

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that light to moderate rain can be expected across most of Queensland, with heavy downfalls and the chance of a thunderstorm in inland areas.

“It’s going to be one of those cloudy days with on-and-off light rain and heavy bursts here and there,” Meteorologist Dan Narramore said.

“Across the southeast, it’s not as heavy, but we will probably see about 5-10mm.”

“Heavy rainstorm action will be worse for inland regions, like the Darling Downs, with 10-20mm expected and some places getting up to 30mm.”

From Tuesday onwards, however, the rain is expected to dissipate with sunny conditions expected through to the weekend.

“Apart from tomorrow we have a week of great weather coming up,” Mr Narramore said. “Lots of sunshine is on the way,”

“Tuesday right through to next weekend is sunny with temperatures from 27 – 29 degrees.”

The news remains grim for surfers, however, with southerly swells expected to bring waves of 1.5-2m offshore and 0.5-1m inshore.

“It wouldn’t be too good for surfing as it’s mostly offshore and you’d need a really good easterly swell to get good surfing,” Mr Narramore said.