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Tropical Cyclone Niran advice no. 23

Issued at 7:37 pm EST on Wednesday 3 March 2021

Cairns remains in the warning zone (marked as orange on the track map) for TC Niran. Gales with gusts of 100kmh could still develop tonight or early tomorrow.

Tropical cyclone Niran, a category 2 system remains off the north Queensland coast.

Details of Tropical Cyclone Niran at 7:00 pm AEST:
Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 110 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 155 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 30 kilometres of 14.8 degrees South 147.9 degrees East, estimated to be 325 kilometres northeast of Cairns and 300 kilometres east northeast of Cooktown.

Movement: slow moving.

Tropical cyclone Niran has been moving very slowly in the past 24 hours. While it may remain slow-moving tonight, the cyclone is expected to adopt a southeasterly track on Thursday as it accelerates further away from the coast.

As the cyclone continues to remain slow-moving and intensifies tonight, it may produce gales about exposed coastal and island communities between Cape Flattery and Innisfail tonight or early on Thursday.

Hazards:
GALES with gusts to 100km/h may develop about exposed coastal and island communities between Cape Flattery and Innisfail - including Cooktown, Port Douglas, and Cairns - tonight or early on Thursday as the cyclone intensifies.

The next advice will be issued by 11:00 pm AEST Wednesday 03 March. ... See MoreSee Less