Cyclone Jasper is still another day or two away from hitting Queensland more directly and rain looks like it may be the main problem as the slow moving tropical cyclone moves in.

Warmer sea conditions hugging the Northern Queensland Coastline along with the slow movement of Jasper tomorrow and Wednesday means the storm may start to deepen again.

Even if it doesn’t restrengthen much Jasper looks to be a wet event with 300 to 500mm possible, depending on the precise tracking and speed, falling in just a day or two.

The Bureau of Meteorology is the official source for warnings – please follow them for local details. We’ll continue with special video updates both Tuesday and again on Wednesday of this week for Queensland via WeatherWatchTV on YouTube.

🚨📺Category2️⃣ Tropical #CycloneJasper.

Hamilton Island / Whitsundays already have sustained winds at 65kmh gusting 85kmh (Cat 1 intensity).

Landfall may still be over 48 hours away to the north around #Cairns on Wednesday.https://t.co/gb7E1quzdb pic.twitter.com/EjvUDWNPVA

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 11, 2023

*Programming Notes:

– Our next 7 Day Pacific Islands forecast is out on Tuesday

– We’ll have another special Cyclone Jasper video out on Tuesday and Wednesday

– Our next 7 Day Australia-only forecast is out this Thursday, all exclusive content to WeatherWatchTV on YouTube.