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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Brisbane
Tropical Cyclone 3-day outlook for The Coral Sea
Issued at 2:30pm EST on Wednesday the 1st of February 2012 and valid until end
of Saturday
Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region:
Nil.
Potential Cyclones:
The monsoon trough extends across north Queensland and the northern Coral Sea
and is expected to develop further over the next few days. A weak low currently
sits over eastern Gulf of Carpentaria waters and is forecast to move east into
the Coral Sea late in the week. The low is forecast to develop further over the
Coral Sea and continue to move east, away from the Queensland coast, into the
weekend. If this low does become a tropical cyclone it is unlikely to have any
significant impacts along the Queensland coast.
Thursday: Very low
Friday: Moderate
Saturday: Moderate
NOTE: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of each system being a
tropical cyclone in the Region for each day.
Very low: less than 5% Low: 5% - 20%,
Moderate: 20% - 50% High: Over 50%
The area of coverage for this outlook is the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea
west of 160E.
Further information on Tropical Cyclones is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone