Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea

Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Friday 17 February 2023
for the period until midnight EST Monday 20 February 2023.

Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region:

Nil.

Potential Cyclones:

The trough across northern Australia and the Coral Sea is expected to become more active from mid next week. There are currently no significant tropical lows expected in the region over the next seven days.

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on:

Saturday:

Very Low

Sunday:

Very Low

Monday:

Very Low

NOTES: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of each system being a tropical cyclone in the Region for each day.

Very Low:

less than 5%

Low:

5% to 20%

Moderate:

20 to 50%

High:

Over 50%

The area of coverage for this outlook is the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea west of 160E.

Further information on Tropical Cyclones is available at www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/