BOM monitors potential tropical cyclone as Queenslanders prepare to swelter and soak through Australia Day

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is monitoring a low in the Gulf of Carpentaria that could develop into the fourth cyclone of the season, with forecasters also expecting a mixed bag for Queensland’s weather this Australia Day.

The bureau said three cyclones had developed around Australia this season, with the current low to be named Cyclone Lucas if it did develop into a tropical cyclone.

The low has formed about 120 kilometres east of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory and is slowly moving east/south-east through the Gulf of…