Tropical Cyclone Zane weakened to a tropical low overnight, although will still cause showers, thunderstorms and strong winds over Cape York Peninsula today. After intensifying into a category two tropical cyclone earlier this week, Zane weakened during Wednesday as it moved into a region of strong wind shear, causing the system to lose its structure. At 3am EST today, the ex-tropical cyclone was estimated to be 160 kilometres east of Lockhart River and moving towards the QLD coast at 17 km/h. The low will continue to weaken as it moves from east to west across the QLD Peninsula today, triggering gusty showers and isolated thunderstorms. The heaviest rainfall will occur along the eastern coast, between about Cooktown and Lockhart, where 20-40mm is possible. At one stage Zane looked able to generate winds of up to 150km/h over northern QLD, although the weakening system is now unlikely to produce speeds over 70km/h. The gale warning from Cape Grenville to Cooktown has been cancelled. The remnants of Zane will move west through the Gulf of Carpentaria on Thursday. Isolated showers and storms with a surge of increased humidity will move west over the northern and eastern Top End from Friday. Tropical Cyclone Zane was the ninth system to be named in Australian waters in the 2012/2013 cyclone season, which ended on April 30th.