00:01We've already seen a deluge this week of more than 300 millimetres falling in the Hinchinbrook Shire just north of
00:10where I am and that deluge cut the Bruce Highway which has thankfully since reopened but it also cut many
00:18roads and bridges and isolated residents some who are still isolated as surface water very slowly drains throughout that region.
00:28Now there is expected to be a little bit of a lull in heavy rainfall tomorrow in that region but
00:36it's not expected to last very long Joe and that's because we're all watching a tropical low in the northern
00:43Coral Sea that's tropical low 29U which is expected to track towards Queensland's north tropical coast potentially making landfall on
00:54Friday.
00:55Now there is a 30% chance the Bureau of Meteorology says that that system will cross the coast as
01:02a category one tropical cyclone.
01:05Nevertheless we're expecting similar conditions whether it is low or a tropical cyclone.
01:11So from Thursday communities along the north tropical coast are being told to prepare for rainfall totals of up to
01:20100 millimetres and isolated falls of up to 300 millimetres.
01:27Now on Friday those isolated totals are expected to increase even more potentially above 300 millimetres of rain we could
01:37see in some parts.
01:39And now with that amount of rainfall with already a flood watch in place for much of the north tropical
01:46coast and the Cape York Peninsula we could see very rapid river rises Joe as we've seen so much wet
01:54weather this wet season as we always do in north Queensland.
01:58But a cyclone or a tropical low will certainly change things quickly so we're all watching what that tropical low
02:07is doing but certainly expecting a bit more detail about its movements tomorrow.
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