Australia Weather News

Queenslanders can expect clear, bright and sunny conditions into the Sunshine State's second week of spring school holidays.

Humidity is building along the north tropical coast and in the gulf country ahead of what is expected to be a wetter than average summer.

In the short term the focus is on the heat, with Brisbane set to reach a top of 31 degrees Celsius on Monday.

Senior meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology, Angus Hines, said the heat in central and western Queensland was of interest.

"We've got temperatures spiking right across the state. Most of Queensland for Monday will be four to eight degrees warmer than average," he said.

"We will be seeing high 30s across most of central Queensland. Potentially in some spots we could see temperatures in the 40s.

"[For] Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Mount Isa and Camooweal it looks to be the warmest stretch that those places would have had since about March."

Like Brisbane, Toowoomba is forecast to push 30 degrees on Monday, but moisture could build in the region towards Wednesday.

"That will bring the chance of a shower [to the Toowoomba region] and an outside chance of a thunderstorm," Mr Hines said.

Sticky spring

The weather bureau is already forecasting above average rainfall for Australia's east coast in the months ahead.

Mr Hines said rainfall would slowly increase in frequency over the weeks and months ahead but said in some communities conditions were changing.

"In Townsville, up towards Cairns and out to the Gulf, this is certainly the time of year where that humidity will be increasing," he said.

"It will feel stickier, and you'll notice those night-time temperatures becoming warmer over the next couple of weeks."

In the short term Mr Hines said there was not much chance of rain about Queensland.

On coastal waters he said holiday-makers could take advantage of mild winds and waves.

"This week the wind flow across those eastern waters is relatively light," he said.

"It doesn't look like the wind and waves will be too much, though we absolutely could see some one-metre swells at times.

"But generally it is all on the lower end so pretty good for a swim or getting out on a boat."