Thunderstorms are forecast to bring heavy rain, large hail and powerful winds on Tuesday, rolling east in a band stretching from Toowoomba to the Sunshine Coast.

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Andrew Bufalino said Tuesday and Thursday would be the main days this week for heavy storms to lash south-east Queensland.

A large trough would move through south-east Queensland on Tuesday and would meet a change pushing up the coast to produce unsettled weather for several days, he said.

Thunderstorms predicted for south-east Queensland on Tuesday: Bureau of Meteorology. Credit:BOM

“We have an upper trough coming through so we will have a very unsettled air mass over south-east Queensland,” he said.