Brisbane to cool off with wet week of below-average temperature

The on-shore flow would mean maximum temperatures of about 27 to 28 degrees – below the February average.

The chance of thunderstorms over Brisbane would increase from Thursday, but Ms Wong stressed it was only a possibility.

Increased rainfall across different parts of the state this week was forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology.

A monsoon trough redeveloping in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea was expected to bring monsoonal weather, including heavy showers to the tropical north.

“The focus for rainfall will be very highly dependent on the exact position of that monsoon trough and there is some potential for low-pressure systems to develop along the monsoon trough in the Gulf of Carpentaria and also in the Coral Sea later in…