THE second cyclone of the season stalked the North Queensland coast before fizzing out.
Tropical Cyclone Kimi formed in the Coral Sea on Sunday and was upgraded to a category two system on Monday, before it was downgraded to a tropical low.
The unpredictable weather system lingered off the coast between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville but never made landfall.
However, Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Dean Narramore warned the monsoon season was only kicking off in the north.
Mr Narramore said the next chance of widespread rain was in about a week's time, with a monsoon burst heightening conditions for further cyclone development.
"The next strong surge of monsoonal actively is from westerlies from the Arafura Sea moving to the Coral Sea.
"The tropics start to get pretty active later next week and we might see a low develop. It will be the first big monsoon burst in the Coral Sea."
Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms which lashed the south-east Queensland coast on Monday night had little impact inland.
Brisbane based BoM meteorologist Matt Marshall said some rain was recorded around the Darling Downs but totals did not exceed 50mm.
He said isolated storms had delivered welcome rain in Roma, where 75mm fell in the week until Wednesday.
Roma resident Rachel Nixon has recorded 75mm so far this year and said it was an improvement on years past.
"My parents have a property west of Mitchell and it is amazing to see the difference," Mrs Nixon said.
"It was a lot nicer than shooting stock on Christmas Day or feeding upward of 50 poddy calves, I'd prefer to erase the last year from memory."
Mr Marshall said conditions remained uncertain for the next week, but expected the heaviest falls to be recorded around the Cape York Peninsula, with isolated thunderstorms likely in the north west.