#QLD #Weather #Corp QLDs Tropical Cyclone/Low update While we now have one Tropical Cyclone Gillian in the Gulf there is more uncertainty than normal regarding the Tropical Low in the Coral Sea. Tropical Cyclone Gillian became a Category 1 Cyclone on Saturday night as it intensified in the warm waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. At 10am Sunday morning it was tracking south at 14 km/h 200km west of Weipa. It is expected to continue parallel to the west coast of the Peninsula and Gulf Country overnight with the risk that it could intensify into a Category 2 Cyclone on Monday morning. The coast between Gilbert River to Cape York are currently on cyclone warning, with winds gusting up to 125km/h a risk between Cape York and Pormpurraw into Sunday evening. Falls of over 50mm in 24 hours and swell heights up to 4 metres are also a risk of creating the potential for a large storm surge which could cause significant damage to coastal areas. Jumping across the Peninsula into the Coral Sea, we are greeted with greater uncertainty than your typical Tropical Low. This Tropical Low has forecasting models second guessing themselves as it moves south-southwest at 9km/h just over 100km off the Townsville Coast, at 2pm on Sunday. At this stage it looks like it could become a Tropical Cyclone sometime on Monday and start heading away from the coast, although with the level of uncertainty surrounding this system this is subject to change. The system is looking like it will impact somewhere between Innisfail and St Lawrence with rain over 100mm and wind gusts around 120km/h a risk. Stay up to date with tropical low and cyclone at weatherzone.au/charts/tropicalcyclone.jsp Source: Weatherzone BY: James Casey, Sunday March 9, 2014 - 14:46 EDT © Weatherzone 2014 weatherzone.au/news/qlds-tropical-cyclonelow-update/27088
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:49:56 +0000
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