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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: This message is issued daily for the information of interested parties.
Media are NOT required to broadcast this message.
TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTLOOK
for the Coral Sea West of Longitude 160 East
Issued at 2:39pm on Monday the 18th of February 2008
An active monsoon trough extends across the Coral Sea roughly from Cardwell to
New Caledonia. There are two main lows embedded within this trough.
The first is
located about 120 km northeast of Townsville and near stationary. This system is
expected to move slowly northeast away from the coast and is unlikely to deepen
significantly.A second low located further southeast along the trough, about 450 km east of
Mackay, is forecast to deepen while moving south as it interacts with an upper
trough on Tuesday. This system has a low probability of developing into a
tropical cyclone within the outlook period.
The likelihood for tropical cyclone development during the next few days is:
Tuesday - Low
Wednesday - Low
Thursday - Low
Tropical Cyclone outlooks issued by Brisbane can be accessed through the
Bureau's Home Page
http://www.bom.gov.au.
Please note that the Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre issues Tropical
Cyclone Outlooks that cover the Gulf of Carpentaria. See
http:/www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/cyclone/ or to subscribe to this service
call Darwin 08 8920 3820.