All of Queensland has been placed on high or very high fire alert as temperatures soar up to eight degrees above average in tinderbox conditions.
Gusty winds and low humidity, coupled with the warm weather, is causing concern for the state's firefighters who have already been battling blazes across the southeast and Wide Bay.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services' Rural Operations acting director James Haig said winter rain and that caused by Cyclone Debbie meant there had been a lot of vegetation growth.
"There's a lot of fuel around and then we're also getting very dry conditions," he told AAP on Tuesday.
"The air is very low humidity, the winds in the coming week or so are going to be gusty at times ... and then it's going to be warm."
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Mr Haig said those factors combined meant there would be a very high fire danger across the Wide Bay region and many other parts of the state.
The Bureau of Meteorology's fire danger rating shows about half of Queensland will be on a very high or severe fire alert on Wednesday.
That danger is predicted to increase on Thursday, with much of Queensland on a very high or severe alert and the rest on high.
Mr Haig said it was time for residents in all areas to prepare their bushfire survival plan.
Mr Haig said fire bans were also in place but the conditions meant accidental blazes were more likely.
"We ask people to take extreme care with things like small fires that don't require a permit or jobs like welding or grinding," he said.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Gordon Banks said there had been "little to no rainfall" across most of the state this month.
"While that's not particularly unusual for inland parts, it probably is a little unusual to have it so dry along the coast," he told AAP on Tuesday.
There is no rain in sight either, with sunny conditions expected over the next seven days.
The mercury is tipped to reach 34 degrees in Ipswich on Wednesday, eight degrees above average.
Brisbane is expected to climb to a maximum of 31, which is six degrees higher than usual for September.
Mr Banks said conditions would cool towards the end of the week.
