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More wet days for Brisbane as north prepares for 100mm downpour

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More days of rain are ahead for Brisbane, as people along the central Queensland coast brace for falls of 100 millimetres and the far north watches a potential cyclone nearing the Coral Sea.

Increasing showers during Wednesday and continuing through Thursday were expected for the Brisbane area, according to Dean Narramore of the Bureau of Meteorology.

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He said most of the region would receive 15-30 millimetres, with isolated areas likely to record 50 millimetres by Thursday evening.

Mr Narramore said the cause was a low-pressure trough combining with a muggy and humid air mass from the ocean, which was expected to clear by Friday with sunny conditions to return by the weekend.

However, northern parts of the Wide Bay stretching to the Central Queensland coast were in for a drenching, with the bureau warning areas north of Hervey Bay to expect 30-50 millimetres and possibly as high as the 100-millimetre mark.

Mr Narramore said the worst of the rain would strike on Wednesday, with most of the wet weather moving offshore by the evening, leaving only a few showers for Thursday.

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A swiftwater rescue team was called into action near Rockhampton on Wednesday morning, after a car became stuck in floodwaters.

Crews arrived at Dairy Inn Road in Cawarral about 10am and about 30 minutes later walked the sole occupant from the vehicle to safety.

Meanwhile, northern Queensland was on cyclone watch as a weak low-pressure system moved off Papua New Guinea.

It was expected to move over the Coral Sea during the next few days, with the bureau warning it had the potential to develop into a tropical cyclone over the weekend.

The bureau also confirmed Brisbane was experiencing the wettest March in 15 years, with temperatures also warmer than usual for this time of year.

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