Wind and light showers forecast for Queensland this weekend
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) community information officer Patch Clap said wind aside, it should be a "reasonably settled weekend" across the Sunshine State.
He said there would be light showers in the eastern parts of the state and to the far north later on Friday and continuing over the weekend.
"The usual sort of spots [will] all pick up [rain] … around the Daintree Coast and the Cassowary Coast, possible around the Central Coast around Mackay and around the Sunshine Coast as well and other parts of south-east Queensland," Mr Clap said.
"Most parts of the Queensland coast might see some sort of light shower across the next few days."
Mr Clap said there would be a gradual increase in maximum and minimum temperatures across most of the state.
"We're talking about a couple of degrees here or there," he said.
The BOM has issued a strong wind warning for Saturday for Torres Strait, Peninsula coast, Cooktown coast, Cairns coast, Townsville coast, Mackay coast and Capricornia coast.
Parts of the North Gulf of Carpentaria could also see up to 25 knots offshore.
"The same winds that are driving those showers onto much of the Queensland coast at times are also driving fairly widespread strong wind warnings," Mr Clap said.
He said the south easterly winds were fresh along the whole Queensland coast for Saturday and Sunday.
"So not the greatest conditions for those looking to get out on the waters," he said.
Morning frost is expected to crunch the grass in Roma and Injune in the Maranoa and Warrego region tomorrow.
Saturday is forecast to drop to 2 degrees Celsius in Roma and 2C in Injune.
There will also be morning fog inland in south-eastern Queensland.
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