Original story by Sharnie Kim, ABC News
A cyclone watch has been issued for north Queensland, with the weather bureau monitoring two tropical lows that could affect the region in coming days.
A low sitting in the Coral Sea around 560 kilometres east-north-east of Cairns is expected to intensify on Sunday.
The weather bureau is warning of heavy rain between Cooktown and Mackay from late tomorrow, and gale force winds between Cairns and Mackay on Sunday.
Rough conditions have already forced the closure of far northern beaches from Mission Beach to Port Douglas.
Forecaster Greg Connor says he expects the low will bring plenty of rain and storms around the Cairns coast on the weekend.
“At this stage the destructive winds should remain offshore but we will see an indirect effect from that system, and certainly plenty of rain and storms particularly from Saturday afternoon onwards for our part of the coast,” he said.
The bureau also says another weak low is moving across the northern Gulf of Carpentaria.
Mr Connor says that low is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the north and west of the Cape York Peninsula late on Saturday.
“We are [also] expecting areas of heavy rainfall for areas of the northern Cape York Peninsula,” he said.
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