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5th March 2013 Cyclone Coral Sea
A predicted low has started to form and is expected to be a cyclone on Friday. The low is currently just off the coast from Townsville and is showing obviously signs of rotation. It is expected to move out to sea and intensify and then we wait and see which direction it goes. The models are suggesting stationary and intensifying for the time being.
What a year for weather this has been, but no good for flying.
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/north-queensland-cyclone-a-5050-chance-as-sodden-mackay-darling-downs-continue-flood-clean-up/story-e6freoof-1226590246155
Gosh you are full of good news, arent you? :-)
On a good note - it's not (currently) raining, and the 'strong' winds are drying out the airstrip ;-)
From the Brisbane times
Cyclone Sandra set to be a Category 3 storm
Cyclone Sandra could develop from a monsoon low off Queensland’s north coast as early as Thursday morning.
But it’s unlikely the cyclone, which could strengthen to a Category 3 cyclone, will make landfall, weather forecasters say.
‘‘We expect it to keep drifting away from the coast, while intensifying,’’ Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Ken Kato said.
‘There’ll be no direct impact on us in the short term.’’
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However, the cyclonic winds could whip up big swells on Queensland beaches within the next few days.
The cyclone could also draw in the storm clouds over north Queensland, providing some relief from the wet weather.
In the past 24 hours, 300 millimetres of rain has been recorded at Mount Willam, north-west of Mackay.
The central Queensland town of Proserpine received 100 millimetres of rain in the same period.
Heavy rain and storms could continue along the east coast today, but then move offshore.
No more than five millimetres of rain fell in Brisbane yesterday, although Mount Glorious received 10 millimetres.
‘‘The general trend should be an easing one from today,’’ Mr Kato said.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environm...l#ixzz2MjkJgyYB
From the courier mail.....
Low intensifies off Queensland coast and expected to develop as Cyclone Sandra
CYCLONE Sandra is expected to develop from a monsoon low and could hit severe strength, Category 3, or higher.
Yesterday, predictions put the developing low as turning into a tropical cyclone by late Thursday or early Friday.
But that prediction has now been revised, with the low possibly intensifying to a cyclone as early as Thursday morning.
The system is currently sitting 500km east-northeast of Townsville and is moving steadily eastwards.
The Bureau of Meteorology is reporting the system is producing a large wind field which will bring big swells to Queensland beaches within the next few days.
Weather Bureau forecaster David Grant said heavy rain and storms would occur along the east coast today but then move offshore.
CLOSE TO THE WIND: Kite surfers enjoy windy conditions at Bulcock Beach, Caloundra. Picture: Glenn Barnes
Stormy omen as cyclone Sandra looms
"It's a weird thing, but as the cyclone develops it will have the effect of drawing moisture offshore with it," he said.
"This should leave big seas the immediate major east coast impact.
"Our models are showing the system will remain offshore at least into the weekend," he said. "After that we should know if it's going to develop a westward track."
Isolated showers will remain along the coastal strip with showers and storms in the west.
Rain continued in central and north Queensland yesterday, with falls up to 100mm in a strip between Cairns and Mackay. A weather station at Mt Jukes, near Mackay, has recorded 750mm of rain in the week to 9am yesterday.
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It comes as a report released by the Climate Commission says extreme east coast rainfall was influenced by climate change.
Report author Will Steffen said climate change was increasing the risk of extreme weather but determining the nature of that influence on rainfall was more complex than for temperature-related events.
"Australia has always been a land of extremes. However, climate change is now making many types of extreme weather worse, particularly heat waves and bushfires," Professor Steffen said.
"We remain very concerned that the risk of extreme weather events increases as we continue to emit more and more greenhouse gases."
Queensland Floods Appeal distribution committee chairman Terry Mackenroth said residents whose homes were inundated in the wake of Cyclone Oswald needed to lodge applications for emergency funding by March 18.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queen...f-1226591063054
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