Queensland local weather

Isolated to scattered showers about the eastern districts north of K'gari. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Peninsula, Gulf Country, and western districts. Thunderstorms possibly severe with heavy rainfall about the far northwest of the Gulf Country. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Light to moderate southeasterly to northeasterly winds, tending northwesterly in the far southwest. Maximum temperatures above average in the southeast and southern interior, below average in the western districts and northern Cape York Peninsula, near average elsewhere. Severe heatwave conditions about the Darling Downs and Granite Belt.