More chilly mornings and clear skies forecast for Queensland
The Bureau of Meteorology said a low-pressure system, which saw flurries of light snow fall on the Granite Belt at the weekend, was making its way out to sea.
Senior forecaster Baden Gilbert said the low dragged a lot of cold, dry air across much of the state, and there were still a few more cold mornings ahead.
"We are still seeing below average minimum temperatures for everywhere apart from the south-east and parts of the Darling Downs … before we finally get back towards average on Thursday morning.
"Those maximum temperatures have largely bounced back.
"We could still see it being a little bit cooler than average about the north-west for Monday, but beyond that we are going to be near or even slightly above average temperatures until the end of the week."
The weather bureau said it would be mostly dry across the state.
"Showers have pretty much gone, there's no real shower risk at all for Queensland this week until around Thursday when we start to see those light showers returning to the eastern coast," Mr Gilbert said.
"We may also get a bit of an upper trough moving through the south of the state on Friday, which could extend the shower risk a bit more inland.
"But for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, there's really only going to be some fog about in the morning and risk of frost."
Hazardous to possibly damaging surf conditions on the south-east coast are expected to ease later today.
A warning is in place for Sunshine and Gold Coast waters this morning.
Gold Coast lifeguard Luke Ingwersen said beachgoers needed to be cautious and heed warnings.
"No flag, no swim. For the board riders, don't be tempted to go into those large powerful waves if it's above your skill level," he said.
"We're lucky it's not a summer's day where hundreds of people want to go for a swim.
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