Queensland local weather

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms in northern Queensland. Showers tending widespread, with rain at times about the Peninsula and North Tropical Coast. Heavy rainfall likely between Cooktown and Cairns, with a chance of damaging wind gusts along the coastal fringe. Isolated showers about the eastern districts south of Bowen, tending scattered in the South East Coast. Isolated showers and the chance of a thunderstorm in the Channel Country. Partly cloudy elsewhere. Fresh to strong south to southeasterly winds about the east coast between Cooktown and Mackay. Moderate northwesterly winds over the Torres Strait and Peninsula. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds elsewhere.