Tropical Cyclone Outlook for The Coral Sea IDQ10810 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Tropical Cyclone Three Day Outlook for the Coral Sea Issued at 2:34 pm EST on Friday 9 January 2015 for the period until midnight EST Monday 12 January 2015. Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region: Nil. Potential Cyclones: A monsoon trough currently lies over the far northern Coral Sea, with a weak low embedded in the trough south of Papua New Guinea and another near the Solomon Islands. There remains an increasing risk of tropical cyclone development into early next week. The lows are expected to remain offshore of the Queensland coast in the short term but the situation will continue be monitored carefully. Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on: Saturday Low Sunday Moderate Monday Moderate NOTES: 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% Moderate: 20 to 50% Low: 5% to 20% High: over 50% The area of coverage for this outlook is the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea west of 160E.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:12:28 +0000