North Tropical Coast and Tablelands Forecast

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Forecast issued at 9:17 pm EST on Tuesday 7 October 2025.

Weather Situation

A high moving across Tasman Sea extends a ridge over Queensland, promoting settled and dry conditions over central and southern Queensland. The high will continue to move eastwards, weakening the ridge over the next few days. Showers are forecast to increase over Far North Queensland into Wednesday as onshore winds under the ridge combine with an upper trough increasing instability in the area. A surface trough in the southwest of the state is forecast to remain slow moving until the middle of the week, directing a warm northwesterly wind flow over southern parts of the state. The trough will begin shifting east from Thursday, returning instability to much of the interior, before shifting further east on Friday and Saturday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h.

Wednesday 8 October

Cloudy. The chance of fog in the south in the early morning. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon then tending east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 32.

Fire Danger - Moderate

Sun protection 8:10am to 3:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Shower or two. Cairns 22 30
Shower or two. Atherton 17 25
Showers. Cooktown 23 30
Showers. Innisfail 21 29
Possible shower. Mareeba 20 30

Thursday 9 October

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the afternoon and evening. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 34.

Friday 10 October

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers near the coast, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the afternoon. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 34.

Saturday 11 October

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers near the coast, slight chance elsewhere. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 33.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 11:00 pm EST Tuesday.

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