Redcliffe Realty

Keep safe everyone.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to move slowly towards the southeast Queensland coast. Alfred, a category 2 tropical cyclone, is expected to remain of similar intensity until it crosses the coast late Friday evening or early Saturday, most likely close to Moreton Bay between Noosa and Coolangatta.

Heavy rainfall bands are extending over the coastal areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Heavy to locally intense rainfall which may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding is expected as Alfred crosses the coast late Friday evening or early Saturday.

Abnormally high tides are likely to continue causing minor flooding of coastal low lying areas between Double Island Point and Grafton, particularly during the Friday night (early Saturday) high tide. The risk of a dangerous storm tide for the exposed beaches between Cape Moreton and Yamba, including the Gold Coast and Byron Bay beaches, is easing this morning after the early high tide.

Gales with damaging wind gusts to 120 kilometres per hour are occurring near the coast between Cape Moreton and Cape Byron. Gales with damaging wind gusts to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to extend along the remaining southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales coastal and island communities between Noosa and Ballina during Friday, possibly extending as far south as Grafton and as far north as Double Island Point on Friday evening and early Saturday.

Destructive wind gusts of up to 155 kilometres per hour are likely to develop about coastal and island locations near, and to the south of, the cyclone centre, as Alfred's destructive core approaches the coast during Friday afternoon, and persist until Alfred crosses the coast late Friday evening or early Saturday.

For the latest forecasts and warnings, visit www.bom.gov.au or the BOM Weather app.

Be careful out there.

The BOM Meteye has the cyclone Alfred Category 2 hitting the Redcliffe Peninsula on Thursday 6/3/2025.