Calmer weather conditions forecast for Queensland as BOM monitors possible tropical low

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Queenslanders can expect calm weather conditions across the state today as the Bureau of Meteorology keeps an eye on a potential tropical low forming off the northern coast.

Senior forecaster Jonathan How said showers could be expected along the east coast, but "nothing too intense or heavy".

"We're expecting a much calmer day across the state compared to what we've experienced in the past few weeks," Mr How said.

Today we could see some isolated thunderstorms popping up across the Darling Downs and through the middle of the land in the centre.

Further north, we're seeing your average tropical downpours and storms across Cape York Peninsula.

There were some isolated falls of rain in the Cairns area overnight.

"Most of the falls were under 30 millimetres around the Cairns coast, actually giving those river levels a bit of a break," Mr How said.

He claimed the conditions would be the same tomorrow.

Cyclone watch, flood warnings

The Bureau of Meteorology is keeping an eye on a tropical low off the northern coastline, which is predicted to form into a cyclone today.

Mr How said they're expecting the tropical low to rapidly move out to sea and over the Coral Sea.

"We'll be keeping an eye on the possibility of it developing into a tropical cyclone off the coast in the coming week," he said.

There's a fair chance the system will develop into a tropical cyclone on Saturday, increasing to a high chance by Sunday and Monday.

Mr How said at this point in time the system was still operating from overseas.

"From early next week there's a possible chance of it drifting south-west back towards the coast, but it's looking more than five or six days away, so there's a very high level of uncertainty," Mr How said.

We're reminding Queenslanders to keep an eye on the tropical cyclone forecast for next week.

The flood warnings have been lifted for the Herbert, Burdekin and Suttor Rivers, but a major flood warning remains in effect for the Flinders River in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

A flood watch is still in place for the Western Cape Peninsula, due to water from the Gulf moving at a slow pace, which takes time to flow into the rivers.

Water from the recent rainfall is already moving through the outback, and moderate flooding is predicted to occur in Stonehenge and Jundah from later this week.