Cyclone information Source: The Courier-Mail
Date/Time: 2013:03:04 20:47:55 Source: The Courier-Mail
FORECASTERS are keeping a wary eye on a weather system off north Queensland that is an even-money bet to develop into a cyclone towards the end of the week.
Although it is forecast to initially travel east-southeast, there are no guarantees it will continue away from the drenched eastern seaboard.
A low may develop along the monsoon trough over the Coral Sea today or tomorrow but remain well offshore.
Weather bureau forecaster Ken Kato said there was a 50 per cent chance of a cyclone forming - to be called Sandra - possibly near Townsville.
In the short term, monsoon winds appeared to have the strength to push the system away from the coast but it was unclear how long this might last.
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"It's hard to predict because the monsoon trough should strengthen over the next few days, bringing northwest winds on (the low's) northern side while we've got southeast winds coming into its southern side," he said.
"This means its intensity and movements are uncertain."
Mackay is the latest coastal centre to get flash flooding, at one stage yesterday recording 53mm in only one hour. This followed falls of more than 200mm overnight.
It comes as dozens of roads are closed on the Darling Downs and 37 Dalby homeowners clean up after Myall Creek inundated their properties on the weekend.
Western Downs Regional Council mayor Ray Brown is seeking Federal and State government funds to build diversion channels around the town.
"Dalby was built on a flood plain," Cr Brown said.
"There's just nowhere to go."
Cr Brown said 234 properties had water in yards in the second flood in five weeks and residents were fed up.
"The frogs are hoarse from croaking," he said.
"We've got potholes the size of cars."
A flood peak heading towards Condamine was not expected to affect any homes, although an ill man from coastal Lowmead whose road access was cut had to be flown out by helicopter yesterday.
Agforce spokesman Wayne Newton, who farms near Dalby, said sorghum crops had taken a bit hit, with prices to be downgraded due to water damage.
Crops were so wet that grain heads were sprouting or simply falling to the ground.
"The paddock in front of me is just a great big sheet of water," Mr Newton said.
"We're cut off. We won't be able to get harvesters on to paddocks for two weeks or more."
Severe erosion also had occurred on some properties.
"Cotton shouldn't be too bad but you get mould and loss of colour. It will be ugly, whatever the outcome is," he said.
The weather bureau expects moderate to heavy rain to fall over the southern interior today and scattered showers and storms over most of the east coast and Channel Country.
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