Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper begins to slow down
East north tropical coast of Queensland picking up 250mm rain in less than 24 hours, as the cyclone begins moving slowly west to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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00:00 Hello I'm Angus here at the Bureau of Meteorology.
00:02 Today is Friday the 15th of December and this is another update on ex-tropical cyclone Jasper.
00:07 And over the past 24 hours we've seen the movement of Jasper really slow down across
00:12 the Cape York Peninsula, almost grinding to a halt somewhere in here over the centre of
00:17 the peninsula.
00:18 And because things are moving so slowly, that means these areas along the east north tropical
00:22 coast have continued to get heavy rainfall.
00:25 So over the past 24 hours we've seen a number of weather stations along this stretch of
00:29 coastline here pick up another 150 to 250 mm of rain and most of them had already had
00:36 at least 200 mm of rain the 24 hours before that.
00:39 So it's a lot more wet weather and we're expecting further rainfall through Friday and into Saturday
00:44 as Jasper very very slowly continues its trek westwards.
00:48 It's likely on Saturday we'll see the middle of Jasper, this L here on the map, move off
00:53 of the land and onto the ocean, the warm waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
00:57 But even as it does slowly move this way, just look at these further areas of rainfall
01:01 around central and eastern parts of the Cape York Peninsula.
01:04 So these places which have received two days of non-stop rainfall are going to get some
01:10 further wet weather on the way and of course we've maintained the severe weather warning
01:14 for those places that are likely to be most affected by this further incoming rainfall.
01:18 This is the current warning, it was just updated within the last hour, it is a warning for
01:23 further heavy rainfall.
01:24 We've taken the wind out of it now, the wind has eased for most areas but heavy rainfall
01:29 is set to continue around this area here.
01:31 It's a broad region of north Queensland, generally from Port Douglas northwards, although even
01:35 if you are down here, Cairns, Innisfail or further south do anticipate further spells
01:40 of rain through Friday and Saturday.
01:43 In terms of flooding, this is where we're currently placed with our river warnings for
01:47 flood warnings.
01:48 There's still the one major flood warning across the Daintree River here in the north
01:52 with a number of other rivers through north east Queensland at minor or moderate flood
01:56 warning but this is subject to change and we've still got this extensive network of
02:00 flood watches with rivers all through this purple area here likely to receive a decent
02:05 dose of rainfall in the next couple of days.
02:08 They could rise, we could see flooding through any of these river basins over the course
02:12 of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
02:14 So it is still a dynamic and evolving situation, wet, saturated places are still expecting
02:19 more rainfall so if you're in the far north or you know people that are, make sure they're
02:23 ok, stay up to date with the latest, you can get official warnings and forecasts at the
02:27 Bureau website and on the weather app and we'll keep the updates rolling through social
02:31 media too.
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