Weather Outlook for Hervey Bay Dec. 29
Update at 5.22pm
At 4.40pm today the Bureau updated it’s Severe Weather Warning for the east coast from south of Rockhampton down to Fraser Island and on to the Gold Coast. It seems that there has been little change in their previous forecast although the Bureau now expects coastal areas from Sandy Cape to Cape Moreton to experience wind gusts of up to 100 km/hour on Sunday.
Currently the weather in Hervey Bay is fine and sunny and 25 C. The wind is blowing from the south-south-east with gusts up to 48 km/hour and the barometric pressure is 1009 hPa and rising.
The Weather Bureau continues to forecast little change in the low pressure system that is currently bringing high winds and rain to Hervey Bay and Fraser Island. At 10.55am this morning the low was centred approximately 420 km north east of Sandy Cape and is expected to remain there for the next 24 hours.
When the low pressure system does begin to move it is expected to head northwest.
There seems little likelihood of the low pressure system developing into a tropical cyclone at this stage despite the dire predictions that are coming from the media.
The system is generating gale force winds and high seas and these conditions are expected to spread south to Tweed Heads during Sunday. The Bureau is expecting high tides on the east coast of Fraser Island to exceed the usual high tide mark and some waves during high tide are expected to extend beyond the beach zone.
