Tropical Cyclone Outlook for the Northern Region, including the Gulf of Carpentaria

Issued at 2:15 pm CST on Saturday 28 January 2023
for the period until midnight CST Tuesday 31 January 2023.

Existing Cyclones in the Northern Region:

Nil.

Potential Cyclones:

From mid to late next week the monsoon is forecast to develop over northern Australia, increasing the risk of tropical activity over the tropics. However, there are no significant tropical lows in the region and none are expected to develop in the next seven days.

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Northern Region on:

Sunday:

Very Low

Monday:

Very Low

Tuesday:

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 Ocean area south of 9S, between 125E and 142E, including the Gulf of Carpentaria, but excluding the area around Timor (northwest of 11S 125E, 11S 128E, 9S 128E).

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