‘Low temperatures, nuisance showers’: Far North Queensland weather forecast

It’s time to break out the jackets and keep umbrellas close at hand as the Far North begins to move into a showery winter.

Martina Grigio catches a break in the weather on the Esplanade on Monday afternoon. Picture Emily Barker.

It’s time to break out the jackets and keep the umbrellas close at hand as the Far North begins to move into a showery winter.

Senior Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Patch Clapp said showers would remain on the horizon for the Far North, however rainfall totals were not expected to reach more than 10mm.

“We’re looking at showers in Cairns for the next few days, then more broadly, we’ll see an easing with shower activity towards the end of the week,” Mr Clapp said.

“As we head north to the Daintree, around Port Douglas area, and even south into the Cassowary Coast, we’ll see an increase in showers, but no significant rain totals.”

Mr Clapp said the showers were driven by a high pressure system moving along southern parts of the country.

“We’ll see a persistence of onshore winds and nuisance showers that won’t leave,” he said.

Despite patchy showers, Mr Clapp said temperatures would remain on average, reaching a high of 29C on the weekend and low of 20C towards the end of the week.

“The change won’t be too noticeable, but there maybe a decrease (in temperatures) throughout the month, which is expected as we move into the middle of the year,” he said.

He said the sun may reappear on Friday and through the weekend, with showers expected to ease by Sunday.

“We’ll start to see a shift to partly cloudy weather on Friday, and it’ll be mostly sunny for the weekend, but a few places as a whole, like the Daintree and Cassowary Coast, will probably see more showers on Friday.”

Originally published as ‘Low temperatures, nuisance showers’: Far North Queensland weather forecast