Latest Bureau of Meteorology Cyclone Alfred update as category two system nears Queensland, New South Wales

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Latest Bureau of Meteorology Cyclone Alfred update as category two system nears Queensland, New South Wales

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued updated advice as Tropical Cyclone Alfred nears, now just 140kms east of Brisbane.

The agency warns the system’s slow-moving path will bring extremely dangerous conditions for a longer *******.

“Tropical Cyclone Alfred (is) moving slowly towards the southeast Queensland coast. Rainfall and wind impacts are expected to continue increasing today,” BOM said.

Tropical Cyclone Advice and Forecast Track Maps are being issued for Tropical Cyclone Alfred. These should be referred to for more detailed information.Alfred is moving towards the southeast Queensland coast.Alfred is likely to remain a category 2 tropical cyclone until it crosses the coast late Friday or early Saturday. Alfred is expected to weaken below tropical cyclone strength as it moves inland on Saturday morning.Southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales will see deteriorating wind, rain and coastal conditions as Alfred approaches and crosses the coast. These conditions are expected to gradually ease during the weekend as remnants of Alfred continue to move inland.Bureau of Meteorology says don’t fixate on landfall location or category classification

Senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology Miriam Bradbury has warned those in Cyclone Alfred’s path to not get complacent if the landfall location changes.

“We still expect the coastal crossing to occur somewhere between Maroochydore and Coolangatta,” she told Sunrise.

“One thing I really want to emphasise is they’re getting really focused on that exact point of crossing is disregarding the fact that we are expecting the wind, rain and wave impacts over a much, much broader area.

“We’ve already seen those really, really windy conditions picking up across the Gold Coast in the overnight *******, plenty of damage already being seen and we’ve heard about the large waves, the damaging surf that’s continuing to erode the beaches and cause inundation.”

Ms Bradbury said Cyclone Alfred is still “being analysed as a category two system”.

“(It is) expected to remain a category two system as it moves toward the coast,” she said.

“We may even see it weaken back to a category one system as it reaches those offshore islands and interacts with that land mass. So crossing the mainland coast as a category one or category two system.

“Again, like that point of crossing, getting fixated on exactly what category it’s going to be is really only taking a look at the top wind gusts.

“The widespread strong to damaging winds will be there, whether it’s a category one or a category two, as well as that heavy rainfall.

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