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Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
Issued at 4:49 pm EST on Friday 28 February 2025
At 4 pm AEST Friday, Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred (Category 4) with central
pressure 951 hPa was located over the Coral Sea near latitude 20.0 south
longitude 155.7 east, which is about 690 km east of Mackay and 660 km northeast
of Rockhampton.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been fluctuating in intensity over the past
24 hours and is currently a category 4 cyclone. It is still expected to undergo
an overall weakening trend over the next few days.
Alfred is forecast to continue moving to the south through the Coral Sea
tonight. On Saturday it may take a turn to the south southwest towards the
Queensland coast before tracking southeast away from the coast during Sunday.
There is good confidence that Alfred will stay offshore well into next week.
However, beyond that Alfred is likely to be slow moving with some ongoing
uncertainty as to how close to the southern Queensland coast it may come in the
longer term.
Regardless of the track Alfred takes, severe coastal hazards are likely for
southern Queensland and northeast New South Wales. A large and powerful to
potentially damaging easterly swell as well as abnormally high tides are
forecast to develop about exposed central Queensland beaches today, extending
to southern Queensland from Saturday, and possibly to northern New South Wales
from Sunday or Monday. Refer to marine warnings and forecasts for further
information on these hazards.
The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 11:00 pm AEST Friday 28
February.
