Overview
- Bureau of Meteorology estimates about a 25% chance the system intensifies into a tropical cyclone this weekend if it remains over Gulf waters.
- The low is expected to linger over the Gulf of Carpentaria or the Northern Territory for several days and may track west across the Top End next week.
- Heavy rain is forecast for the Gulf Country, Far North Queensland and parts of the NT, with up to roughly 150 mm per day possible well into next week.
- Saturated catchments have already isolated Gulf communities and triggered multiple rescues, with warnings current for rivers including the Norman, Gilbert, Flinders, Nicholson, Georgina and Diamantina, some near their highest levels since about 1974.
- Brisbane and Gulf communities face Highest Astronomical Tides from Saturday to Wednesday, with authorities warning of potential minor localised flooding in low-lying bayside and riverside areas.