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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 20
Issued at 10:47 am EST on Thursday 6 March 2025
Headline:
Tropical Cyclone Alfred has slowed down, impacts still expected but delayed.

Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
Double Island Point in Queensland to Grafton in New South Wales, including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and Ballina but not including Grafton.

Watch Zone
None.

Cancelled Zone
None.

Details of Tropical Cyclone Alfred 22U at 10:00 am AEST [11:00 am AEDT]:
Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 95 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 130 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 30 kilometres of 27.4 degrees South 155.5 degrees East, estimated to be 245 kilometres east of Brisbane and 225 kilometres east northeast of Gold Coast.

Movement: west at 10 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been oscillating offshore of the southeast Queensland coast. Alfred's approach to the southeast Queensland coast has slowed.

Alfred is currently category 2 and is expected to remain of similar intensity until the centre starts to interact with the coast and Islands. The centre of Alfred is expected to cross the coast very early Saturday morning, most likely between Noosa and Coolangatta.