The Bureau of Meteorology says Queensland could experience its first tropical cyclone of the summer. -AAP Image
A tropical low weather system off Queensland's coast has a high chance of forming into the first cyclone of the summer.
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The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the weather system around the Solomon Islands will intensify and begin tracking towards northeastern parts of the Coral Sea on Wednesday, before further intensifying into a severe tropical cyclone on Thursday.
"During next week there is a chance that the system could move into the vicinity of the Queensland coast," the BOM's tropical cyclone forecast said.
Forecasts from the bureau indicate the tropical low will form into a category one cyclone late on Tuesday, before intensifying to a category three on Thursday.
Should the system develop and intensify into a cyclone close to Australia, it will be named Jasper.
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