General
First monsoon of the Top End wet season forecast to form off north-east Arnhem Land tomorrow
Bureau of Meteorology forecasters say a monsoon trough will develop tomorrow and extend across the Top End, with expectations a tropical low will form within it.
Key points:
- A monsoon trough is expected to form off the NT coast tomorrow
- The conditions are also likely to create a tropical low that is predicted to head towards WA
- Heavy rain is forecast for across the Top End from tomorrow and over the weekend
Senior forecaster Billy Lynch said a weak system sitting across the Territory coastline had already brought scattered and widespread showers and storms today.
“But more interestingly is tomorrow we’re expecting some monsoonal winds from Indonesia to start to feed down on to the north coast,” he said.
Mr Lynch explained this would likely…
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