Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea

Issued at 2:30 pm EST on Monday 20 February 2023
for the period until midnight EST Thursday 23 February 2023.

Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region:

Nil.

Potential Cyclones:

The trough across the Coral Sea is expected to become more active late in the week. There are currently no significant tropical lows and none are expected in the region during the next seven days.

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on:

Tuesday:

Very Low

Wednesday:

Very Low

Thursday:

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/