Totally agree with you guys, real shame.

It's not often the BoM put out the cyclone outlook at 0930.


Tropical Cyclone Outlook for The Coral Sea

IDQ10810
Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Coral Sea

Issued at 9:35 am EST on Saturday 8 January 2022
for the period until midnight EST Monday 10 January 2022.
Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region:

Nil.
Potential Cyclones:

A low is expected to form today in the northern Coral Sea off the far north Queensland coast and initially move to the southeast away from the coast. During Sunday the low is likely to turn to the west towards the coast and approach Cape York Peninsula on Monday. It is now rated a moderate chance of developing into a tropical cyclone before it makes landfall to the north of Cooktown, at this stage later Monday or on Tuesday before subsequently moving to the west southwest over land.

Likelihood of this system being a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on:
Saturday:
Very Low
Sunday:
Low
Monday:
Moderate