Tropical Cyclone Alfred was 65 kilometres north northeast of Brisbane and 45 kilometres south southeast of Maroochydore at 6am this morning.
‘It is moving north northwest at 10 kilometers an hour over the last few hours, has continued to slowly weaken and are likely to weaken further in the coming hours below cyclone strength before it crosses the mainland coast, but that is still going to bring widespread Heavy Rain and gusty winds as it extends inland,’ said senior meteorologist, Dean Narramore at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
There was widespread rainfall across Northern NSW overnight with falls of 100 to 200 millimetres around the Lismore and Tweed areas,’ said Mr Narramore.
There are a number of warnings current for major flooding, particularly in North East New South Wales and far South East Queensland. We have major flood warnings current for the Richmond River, the Wilsons River and the Tweed River.
The cyclone is currently off the coast around Bribie Island.
‘It is likely to weaken in the coming hours. It’s likely to cross later this morning as a tropical low somewhere around the southern Sunshine Coast or northern parts of Bribie Island, and it will continue to track inland as a tropical low through this afternoon and into tonight,’ said Mr Narramore.
‘Widespread heavy rainfall is likely in South East Queensland and North East New South Wales, and as severe weather warning is current to cover this pretty much from Gympie all the way down to Coffs harbor and extends inland, including the ranges and as far west is Toowoomba, Warwick and Stanthorpe.
‘Widespread heavy rainfall is likely in South East Queensland and North East New South Wales, and as severe weather warning is current to cover this pretty much from Gympie all the way down to Coffs harbor and extends inland, including the ranges and as far west is Toowoomba, Warwick and Stanthorpe.
‘Conditions to ease until probably later on Sunday, or probably even into early next week.’
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