The warning stretches as far north as Seventeen Seventy down to Caloundra. A trough with an embedded subtropical low over the central Coral Sea is forecast to deepen while moving rapidly southwest towards the Capricornia Coast on Sunday. It is then expected to adopt a south to south easterly track on Monday and move parallel to the coast, either along the coastal fringe or just offshore. The threat of heavy rainfall is highly dependent on the track of the trough and embedded subtropical low. The weather warning said the heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding. Six-hourly rainfall totals between 120mm and 160mm are likely in some areas with locally intense falls of 200mm to 250mm possible over coastal communities and Fraser Island.
A new update from the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life threatening flash flooding to communities east of Bundaberg. A subtropical low off the Capricornia Coast is forecast to combine with a strong upper level low and deepen while moving south towards Hervey Bay waters. It is then expected to adopt a south to south easterly track early on Monday morning and move off the coast around Rainbow Beach or Noosa Heads during the day. Heavy rainfall which may lead to flash flooding is likely to develop over areas between Seventeen Seventy and the Sunshine Coast later tonight and through Monday.
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Subscriber only If you were thinking of heading out on the water this weekend you may want to rethink your plans, with blustery winds forecast for the region. From Thursday through to Sunday winds in Bundaberg are expected to reach up to 45km/h. The winds will come as Tropical Cyclone Niran moves in an easterly direction, but the system is not expected to track too far south. Meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology Rosa Hoff described TC Niran as a slow moving weather system which is expected to stay where it is in the north before it begins to move further east on Thursday.
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Subscriber only Locals are being warned of a very high fire danger in the region today and tomorrow as Bundaberg records one of the hottest February days on record. Today s maximum of 37.9 , recorded at Bundaberg Airport, beats the previous record of 37.7 at that weather station. However, February 1990 saw an even hotter day recorded at the Bundaberg Post Office when the mercury rose to 38.3 degrees. Some unofficial records saw areas such as Thabeban shown as reaching a top of 38.1 degrees. A three-day heatwave forecast map. Bundaberg s temps will duck back down to a much more civil top of 33 degrees tomorrow.