Tropical cyclone brewing off the Queensland coast

A tropical cyclone is brewing off the coast of far north Queensland but its trajectory is making it unlikely to impact the mainland in the coming days.

Queensland's first cyclone of the season has already dumped massive amounts of rain in the region, with northern Cape York copping a drenching in the past few days.

Up to 242mm of rainfall has been dumped at the Scherger RAAF base near the tip of the cape in the past 24 hours, with the rest of Queensland copping sporadic downfalls.

Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said the chances of a tropical cyclone developing off the coast were pretty reasonable.

"It's going to be moving east away from the Queensland coast and most likely it would not have any direct impact," he said.

"It's already bringing torrential rain but by the time it becomes a cyclone the rain will have been easing.

"The weather that is occurring is significant but it will be going away."

Thankfully residents suffering from the extended soak will have some reprieve later in the week.

"It will dry out by the time we get to the weekend," Mr Dutschke said. "A large part of that area is going to be dry, it might be the odd shower or storm but not like what the north has seen."

Higgins Storm Chasing issued a tropical cyclone watch for the Coral Sea and Queensland coast yesterday.

The outlet sad global model data suggested there was a "moderate risk" the system would develop into a tropical cyclone by Friday.