BOM: Heavy rainfall for North Tropical Queensland Coast.
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00:00Sarah here from the Bureau with an update on the heavy rainfall that's set to continue
00:04for the north tropical Queensland coast.
00:07So we'll start off by looking at the radar imagery and so this is the rainfall from this
00:12morning through until now and we can just see that there's a trough that's lingering
00:16off the coast there but drawing in a very deep layer of moisture and rainfall in an
00:22onshore flow.
00:24Now in the 24 hours until 9am this morning, multiple locations received 200 plus millimetres
00:30of rain and since 9am further 50 millimetres.
00:35So let's see the data here.
00:38We have the trough that's lingering off the coast where we're expecting the heavier
00:42rainfall to start to contract to the south, south of about Innisfail before easing during
00:47Wednesday morning.
00:50We do have a severe weather warning for this heavy rainfall extending from just south
00:54of Cairns all the way down to Rollingstone including Ingham and Tully.
00:59Now six hourly rainfall totals of 130 to 180 millimetres are possible with 24 hour rainfall
01:06totals up to 300 millimetres also possible.
01:11Now with heavy rainfall like this impacts could include hazardous driving conditions
01:16with flooded roads and detours, stress on power and infrastructure and even damage to
01:22crops, garden and property.
01:26For that reason we do have a flood watch that has been issued within this blue area here
01:30for both minor to moderate flooding possible and then more specifically flood warnings
01:36within these green areas for the Tully and the Mulgrave catchments.
01:41As we move through to Thursday and towards the weekend we can see this low pressure system
01:46lingering off the coast and an increase in shower and storm activity across the tropical north.
01:52Now by Saturday this low pressure system here has a moderate chance of developing into a
01:57tropical cyclone while this low in the Gulf of Carpentaria also has a moderate chance
02:03of developing into a tropical cyclone from this Sunday.
02:07Now this is just one scenario and it is an evolving weather situation with high uncertainty
02:13with regards to exactly where or how these lows will develop.
02:18But what's important is that the communities throughout northern parts of Australia start
02:23to prepare now and that shower and storm activity is expected to increase and there may be a
02:29tropical cyclone.
02:32So if you live across northern parts of Australia now is the time to prepare and to stay up
02:38to date with the latest forecasts and warnings via the Bureau website, app and social media
02:43and as always, listen to the advice from your local emergency services.