Severe Thunderstorms and a Strong Tropical Cyclone Forecast for Queensland and WA This Weekend

[@HKS.EVO.IX_4G63T]

Thanks heaps Josh.

[@Irldoge]

So hot in townsville the grass is getting dehumidification 😂

[@BradGryphonn]

Being a tropical boy, I've been loving the humidity and heat up Yandina North Arm way. It's my ideal weather. You see, when the temp goes below 25C, I start to feel the cold. I live in a rooftop tent, so I experience relative outdoor temps. I still sleep under a -15c insulated sleeping bag. We got a brilliant storm a few nights back. Three trees within 100 metres of me got hit by lightning.

[@Irldoge]

Have a go at 41 feels like degrees with 80% not storms or aircon at all 💩💩💩😭😭😭😭

[@BradGryphonn]

@Irldoge I've lived in the far west and the far north. I can deal with that. Glorious. You just need to get outside.

[@Irldoge]

@@BradGryphonn IVE BEeN OUTSIDE ALL DAY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Davidcallard]

Thank you Josh! That format of cyclones first is certainly much more convenient for me, at any rate. I wonder how others feel about it?

[@Merrymangos]

Spot on as usual, 6:17 pm and it’s pelting down, Kuranda

[@turtle-frogs]

Hi from Townsville 37'. Thanks for the continuous updates.

[@glenbrown9963]

Thanks

[@tinyear926]

Lows = warming, Highs = cooling, how good is it today. Magic weather.

[@captaintoot]

Hi Josh, Benny from the Atherton Tablelands here, sorry mate but 'Access - C model got it completely wrong for this afternoon, we have a tiny shower just east of Malanda, that's it. Yesterday (thurs) was extremely intense, massive amounts of lightning, hail and gale force gusts. Nothing here today at 16:40pm just hot n humid. I trust the Ecmwf model here more. Otherwise I love your work, please keep it up, myself and alot of my friends and clients watch you every day! Cheers

[@julesrogers4095]

Always great information. Thanks

[@avafunkulo]

your a legend mate. look forward to the next update

[@mnj640]

Be nice to have some of those storms in SA. Miss Qld

[@kriztov265]

Strong winds gusting hot like western winds. Near innisfail.

[@MacBuildsOfficial]

Yeah here in Newcastle, we've had some bad weather with obviously more to come. Infact, we recorded 120km/h gusts at our airport here which was the highest in the state at the time. I live up on a big hill so it is insanely scary, all i could here was the roar going over the top of the roof. Infact, as I am typing this, I can still here a slight roar as we are currently getting 70km/h gusts; still damaging level. We also have a park right next to us with a playground and a canopy over the top of it. I have a fear of it ripping or taking off in strong winds. I'm surprised it help up in 120km/h winds with no damage anywhere really, it's a miracle. But it's a weird fear. Anything to do with flags, banners or wind. Does anybody else have this?

[@EmbraceThePing]

Thanks Josh. Not looking forward to Monday/Tuesday for us here in Perth. 🥵 No aircon sucks hard. Although it wont affect us, it's cool to see that the cyclone (T/low) will track down to Perth latitudes. Too bad we wont get any rain out of it.

[@Yahuah780]

For four days it's going to be high 30's and then two days of low 40's then on the fourth day, high 30's again .. drink lots of good quality water

[@Blue-Dog]

Perfect weather for crocs breeding right accross the top of Oz. Stay aware ppl.

[@Davidcallard]

Could any of that tropical downpour up north have a cyclonic connection? The only slight possibility I can see is coming from the posited depression in the Gulf and the track it takes. I remember two historically established tracks, both carrying their own implications for rainfall. The first would take the depression due south following the Q'ld/NT border. This track has beneficial implications for the graziers of Western Q'ld and possibly even Lake Eyre, always a major boost for tourism and with it the economy! The second track would be the more typical, S.E. across the base of Cape York and into the Coral Sea. From there it can be a guessing game. Very often, the cyclone re-intensifies before taking aim at NZ but other tracks are not unknown.

[@graemepollett1641]

100mm rain here in Kalumburu in the last 24hrs

[@GlenysSaltmere]

Don't see much about the Gulf area

[@47angel47]

40° in Townsville earlier. For-sigh-th. Not for-say-ith is how forsayth is pronounced.

[@Irldoge]

He better get a big f*cking storm in tsv… I’m just south of tsv and it looked like a weak supercell over the city

[@Irldoge]

We😅

[@friendlyghostkinda]

Daintree 9pm. Currently some EPIC lightning. Eerily silent and not wet yet. 😅 Thanks J Edit : car registered 39 and humidity must have been 80rh+

[@boatboy222]

Ive run out of salt sorry!

[@thomasvinter1770]

Click bait title...

[@Yahuah780]

Have you seen the radar for north WA/NT/QLD? Have you been watching it for the last few days?