TC Fina forms off Qld

[Rod Hagen]

The low off Qld has gained cyclone status - now TC Fina.

see http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml for track map

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20065.txt
IDQ20065
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Region
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 4:11 am EST on Thursday 22 December 2011
At 1 am EST Thursday, Tropical Cyclone Fina (Category 1) with central pressure
996 hPa was located over the Coral Sea near latitude 17.5 south longitude 157.2
east, which is about 1110 km east of Townsville and 940 km east northeast of
Mackay.

The cyclone is moving south at about 18 kilometres per hour and should
gradually weaken over the next 12 hours.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FINA, CATEGORY 1, is expected to maintain a
south-southwesterly track during Thursday while weakening into this evening.
Tropical Cyclone Fina is not expected to directly affect the Queensland coast.

The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 11 am EST today.

[cycloneye]

This thread is locked as all the information about this cyclone is being posted at the thread for it at Active Storms/invests forum.

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