The tropical low is expected to cross the coast tonight, meaning Cairns will get wetter: expect a soggy Xmas with up to 500mm rainfall over the next few days.
A stormy Cairns Christmas to all
DECEMBER might be a scorcher but prepare for a Christmas drenching with weather experts predicting a wet weekend to cap off a stormy week.
Thunderstorms struck across the Far North last night, ending a weekend in which temperatures soared well above the December average.
Cairns recorded about 34C on Saturday and yesterday, well above the monthly average of 31C.
The city is likely to cool off slightly today with rain and possibly more lightning storms forecast.
"We’ll probably see some reasonable showers until (tomorrow)," Cairns weather office duty forecaster Bill O’Connor said.
"It’ll probably ease back a bit on Wednesday … and potentially it’ll be wet as we head into the
weekend.
"At this moment I’d say we’d have a better chance of staying wet than dry over Christmas."
Mr O’Connor said the La Nina weather pattern had made conditions conducive for the formation of cyclones but the region should be spared until at least after
Christmas.
"It’s extremely unlikely we’ll see a cyclone before Christmas Day," he said.
Despite rain, maximum temperatures during the day were still likely to be above the December average today and the risk of sunburn was still very high with the ultra-violet index predicted to be extreme.
Towns elsewhere in the Far North received a soaking at the weekend, with more than 60mm of rain being recorded near Mareeba from 9am Saturday to 9am yesterday morning.
More than 75mm fell at Mourilyan and 55mm was recorded near Gordonvale.
Halifax, near Ingham, recorded about 95mm of rain.
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