Queensland local weather

Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms, tending to rain at times about the Gulf Country, Peninsula and Torres Strait. Possible heavy falls about the Gulf Coast and western Peninsula. Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms about the Central West. Isolated showers about the east coast between Port Douglas and the New South Wales border, tending scattered about the Sunshine Coast and K'gari from the afternoon. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Fresh southeasterly wind in southeastern Queensland, light to moderate elsewhere in eastern Queensland. Winds moderate northwesterly about Cape York Peninsula, Torres Strait and Channel Country. Maximum temperatures above average in the southern and central interior, tending well above average in southwestern Queensland with severe heatwave conditions. Temperatures below average in the far northwest and Peninsula, and near average elsewhere.