Coral Sea tropical low 'unlikely' to intensify into cyclone, but heavy weather still on the way

A tropical low in the Coral Sea is continuing to move towards Queensland's south-east, but the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says it is unlikely to intensify into a cyclone.

Mike McMaster and Max Wilson head into the surf on
the Sunshine Coast which has wild winds expected.

But gale-force winds and dangerous surf are still expected to impact the southern coastline from Wednesday.

The system is about 1,300 kilometres north-east of the Sunshine Coast and will keep tracking south on Tuesday, but is not expected to cross the coast.

On Tuesday afternoon, BOM forecaster Dean Narramore said winds would pick up on Tuesday night around the Fraser Island coast area.

Read the ABC News story - “Coral Sea tropical low 'unlikely' to intensify into cyclone, but heavy weather still on the way.”

Cyclone Kelvin blue alert issued as apocalyptic clouds bring heavy rainfall to Broome

Broome has had the first taste of the storm system expected to develop into the strongest cyclone of the season, with a blue alert issued for a tropical storm which has already caused widespread flooding.

A low-slung storm front approaches Cable Beach in Broome on Thursday.

The system is forecast to develop into Tropical Cyclone Kelvin, bringing wind gusts of up to 165 kilometres per hour and isolated rainfall of up to 500 millimetres.

The blue alert applies to people between Cape Leveque and De Grey in the Kimberley and Pilbara, including the tourist town of Broome, with a severe tropical cyclone likely to develop later today or tomorrow.

People in the district are being warned to prepare their properties and take shelter.

Read the ABC News story - “Cyclone Kelvin blue alert issued as apocalyptic clouds bring heavy rainfall to Broome.”

‘Unusually large' cyclone churns through the Antarctic sea ice

An unusually large cyclone has been buffeting the Antarctic coast this week, shifting sea ice that had already been tracking at record-low levels.

A cyclone spins in the Ross Sea off Antarctica.

While the storm in the Ross Sea is unrelated to events formed in the tropics, the cyclone is being watched closely by experts trying to understand how developments in the far south affect the wider climate in the southern hemisphere and beyond.

Read Peter Hannam’s story from today’s Melbourne Age - “‘Unusually large' cyclone churns through the Antarctic sea ice.”