Spring is set to heat up quickly but there is no rain in sight as the Sunshine Coast’s big dry looks likely to run long into September.
The Bureau of Meteorology has identified the chance of a thunder storm on Monday afternoon when temperatures will push past 30 degrees in Nambour and hit 29 degrees on the coastal strip.
However forecasters warn its chances are “pretty unlikely” with the Sunshine Coast to see some cloud cover but not much else.
Forecaster Jim Richardson said it was so dry in the state’s interior that there was little chance of any rain that falls reaching the ground.
Saturday will hit a peak of 24 with winds that were light early shifting east north east at 15-2 kmh from the middle of the day before dropping out late in the day.
Sunday will top 27 degrees on a mostly sunny day with winds having shifted right around to the north west at 15-20kmh before moving north north east at 15-25kmh in the afternoon and then back to the north north west at 15-20kmh.
Monday will see temperatures soar to five degrees above the September average to reach 30 degrees in Nambour and 29 on the coast on a partly cloudy day with that slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm with winds to 30 kmh from the north west before becoming light later in the afternoon.
Tuesday will see maximum drop slightly to 27 on a sunny day with light winds early increasing to 15-20kmh from the west north west before falling away.
The sunshine and dry conditions would continue through to at least Friday with daytime maximums around 26 degrees and winds remaining offshore shifting between the west north west and the south south west but only to 20kmh.