A low-pressure system developing near Vanuatu is expected to "rapidly intensify" into a tropical cyclone mid-week as it moves towards the Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned.
The bureau said the likelihood of the system becoming a tropical cyclone is low on Tuesday, moderate on Wednesday and high on Thursday when it is expected to track south east, away from the coast.
The storm is not expected to make landfall.